A Naval air crewman, assigned to Light Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 51, holds a rescue line as corpsmen from amphibious command ship USS Blue Ridge train for medical evacuations underway. Blue Ridge is commanded by Capt. Thom W. Burke and serves under Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76, the Navy's only forward deployed amphibious force. Blue Ridge is the flagship for Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet. Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with an operating detachment in Sasebo, Japan.