Seaman Recruit Brandon Cash steadies the phone and distance line aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex during an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe. Essex, commanded by Capt. Troy Hart, is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is participating in Cobra Gold 2010, a co-sponsored U.S.-Thailand multinational exercise.