26th MEU Force Recon Amphibious Operations Training [Image 4 of 22]

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY

09.01.2013

Photo by Sgt. Chris Stone 

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit     

A U.S. Marine assigned to Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), provides security while his teammates take dive gear off while conducting an amphibious insertion onto a beach in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, Sept. 1, 2013. The 26th MEU 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone, 26th MEU Combat Camera/Released)

• Date Taken: 09.01.2013
• Date Posted: 09.02.2013 10:59
• Photo ID: 1008735
• VIRIN: 130901-M-SO289-004
• Resolution: 4838x3456
• Size: 3.2 MB
• Location: U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY