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    USS Makin Island returns to home port [Image 23 of 36]

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    USS Makin Island returns to home port

    SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    02.25.2015

    Photo by Rosalie Chang 

    U.S. Navy           

    SAN DIEGO (Feb. 25, 2015)- Amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) returns to home port Naval Base San Diego following a seven-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of operations, Feb. 25, as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG). Deployed since July 25, the Makin Island ARG, conducted a relocation of National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration researchers from Tropical Storm Iselle near Hawaii, conducted air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq, worked with British and Kuwaiti forces in Exercise Cougar Voyage 14, participated in Exercise Red Reef 15 with Saudi Arabian forces and performed Marine sustainment exercises in Kuwait and Djibouti. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rosalie Chang/ Released)

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    Date Taken: 02.25.2015
    Date Posted: 02.26.2015 17:45
    Photo ID: 1788658
    VIRIN: 150225-N-DH124-030
    Resolution: 2128x1416
    Size: 1003.65 KB
    Location: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US

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