Petty Officer 2nd Class Maria J. Perez, an aerographer's mate from the Meteorological and Oceanographic section with Strike Group Oceanography Team , Norfolk, Va., releases a weather balloon during an Amphibious Squadron / Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration training exercise aboard USS Kearsarge near the coast of North Carolina April 24. Attached to the weather balloon is a deployable data transmission system which sends information to a receiver on the ship. METOC Sailors and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit weather forecasters use the data for real-time weather conditions and weather forecasting. 26th MEU is embarked aboard USS Kearsarge, USS Carter Hall, and USS New York for PMINT.
<dl><dd>Unit: 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: weather; USMC; USS Kearsarge; 26th MEU; PMINT; sailors; forecaster</dd></dl>
Lance Cpl. Santiago G. Colon Jr.
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