U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), exercise on the flight deck of the USS Bataan (LHD 5) off the East Coast during the PHIBRON/MEU Integration Training (PMINT) exercise Sept. 24, 2013. PMINT was the MEU’s first opportunity to work aboard the Bataan as a composited MEU since the MEU’s 2011 deployment. The MEU is scheduled to deploy in early 2014 to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)
<dl><dd>Unit: 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: Osprey; USS Bataan; mechanic; 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit; 22MEU; USMC; CH-53E; United States Marine Corps; U.S.S.; VMM-263; Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263; Super Stallion; LHD 5; MV-22 Osprey; LHD-5; 22d MEU; 6th Marine Regiment; 1/6; Gator; 1st Battalion; PT; 22nd MEU; Battalion Landing Team; BLT</dd></dl>
Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald
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