A landing craft utility prepares to enter the well deck of dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) while transiting equipment. Tortuga serves under Commander Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7/Task Force 76, the Navy’s only permanently forward-deployed amphibious force. ESG 7/Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with an operating detachment in Sasebo, Japan.