USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Marine BLT gun shoot [Image 43 of 48]

ATLANTIC OCEAN

02.19.2018

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Murray 

U.S. Navy           

180219-N-QJ850-0044
ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 19, 2018) Lance Cpl. Christopher Lang, assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M16 during a live-fire exercise on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in Europe and the Middle East. The Iwo Jima ARG embarks the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and includes Iwo Jima, the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21), the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), Fleet Surgical Team 8, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28, Tactical Air Control Squadron 22, components of Naval Beach Group 2 and the embarked staff of Amphibious Squadron 4. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Andrew Murray/Released)

• Date Taken: 02.19.2018
• Date Posted: 02.21.2018 00:10
• Photo ID: 4153964
• VIRIN: 180219-N-QJ850-0044
• Resolution: 5424x3874
• Size: 1.05 MB
• Location: ATLANTIC OCEAN