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    USS ESSEX 2018 DEPLOYMENT [Image 1 of 15]

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    USS ESSEX 2018 DEPLOYMENT

    ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 11, 2019) Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Michael Pate, left, assigned to 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) command element, sprays Marine Corps Cpl. Brennan Hafer, assigned to 1st Combat Engineering Battalion, with oleoresin capsicum (OC) while participating in security reaction force training aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during a regularly scheduled deployment of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th MEU. The Essex ARG/13th MEU is a flexible and persistent Navy-Marine Corps team deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operation 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. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chandler Harrell/Released)

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    Date Taken: 01.11.2019
    Date Posted: 01.16.2019 01:28
    Photo ID: 5032605
    VIRIN: 190111-N-NB142-1045
    Resolution: 4928x3280
    Size: 864.52 KB
    Location: ARABIAN SEA

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