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Mon, 10/15/2018 - 01:00
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US Navy Aircraft Carrier Essex (LHD-2) Arrives in Doha Port

Doha, October 14 (QNA) - The Directorate of Moral Guidance at the Ministry of Defense announced the arrival of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier Essex (LHD-2) at Doha Port on Sunday in a predefined visit. The visit of the assault ship Essex, the largest American ship ever to visit Qatar, comes within the joint military cooperation between the State of Qatar and the United States to combat terrorism and extremism, and to reaffirm the U.S. commitment to regional security, protect freedoms, ensure the flow of business activity in the region and the surrounding navigation routes, as well as express friendship and deepen bilateral partnerships. The assault ship Essex carries the members of the U.S. Navy's 13th reconnaissance squadron, consisting of nearly 1,600 persons of the total of 3,000 aboard the warship. The Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 of the reconnaissance squadron is the first U.S. Naval Force and Marines equipped with the F-35B Lightning II, the most advanced fifth-generation fighter to arrive the region for the first time. The assault ship Essex was welcomed by a number of Qatar Armed Forces officers and HE Charge d'Affaires of the U.S. William Grant. (QNA)

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