Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) senior leaders, speak with Capt. Frederick J. Nielsen in the bridge aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), Sept. 19, 2013. CJTF-HOA senior leaders met with the command and staff of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to discuss the capabilities of the Amphibious Ready Group. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone, 26th MEU Combat Camera/Not Released)
Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone, U.S. Marine Corps
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