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Lt. Noreen Murphy reviews medical forms with Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Deanna Gryder aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio during the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group composite unit training exercise. COMPTUEX provides a realistic training environment to ensure the strike group is capable and ready for its upcoming deployment. The Iwo Jima ESG is made up of San Antonio; the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima; the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall; the guided-missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf; the guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage; all homeported at Norfolk, Va.; the guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt ; homeported at Mayport, Fla.; and the fast-attack submarine USS Hartford, homeported at Groton, Conn.