U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa practice landing on the deck of the Royal Netherlands Navy’s amphibious warfare ship, HMLNS Johan de Witt, with an MV-22B Osprey, Oct. 22, 2015. The deck landing qualifications are part of the Allied Maritime Basing Initiative, which seeks to provide the U.S. and allies with a year-round maritime-based crisis response force in the Mediterranean Sea or the Gulf of Guinea by leveraging the significant amphibious capabilities already residing in Europe. This exercise is also part of the Allied Maritime Basing Initiative, which seeks to provide the U.S. and allies with a year-round maritime-based crisis response force in the Mediterranean Sea or the Gulf of Guinea by leveraging the significant amphibious capabilities already residing in Europe. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Keonaona C. Paulo/Released)
Date Taken: | 10.22.2015 |
Date Posted: | 10.23.2015 09:34 |
Photo ID: | 2245716 |
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