ARABIAN SEA - U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. William Coffey, a rifleman with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), secures himself in a seat aboard a CH-53E Super Stallion during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft Personnel training exercise aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), Jan. 05, 2019. The Essex is the flagship for the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 13th MEU, is deployed to the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Jackson/Released)
Date Taken: | 01.05.2019 |
Date Posted: | 01.07.2019 10:52 |
Photo ID: | 5016788 |
VIRIN: | 190105-M-HH269-0034 |
Resolution: | 5184x3456 |
Size: | 661.31 KB |
Location: | ARABIAN SEA |
Web Views: | 134 |
Downloads: | 6 |
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