A U.S. Marine assigned to 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), utilizes an M240G machine gun to provide security aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) as it transits the Straits of Tiran towards Jordan, June 6, 2013. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations.
Sgt. Chris Stone
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