Mk VI Patrol Boats | CRRC Launch and Recovery Exercise [Image 2 of 10]

U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY

10.13.2020

Photo by Sgt. Manuel Serrano 

Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7     

(PHILIPINE SEA, Oct. 13, 2020) U.S. Marine Corp Staff Sgt. Jeffery Smith (left) and Sgt. Michael Dannals (right), force reconnaissance Marines assigned to Task Force Ellis, I Marine Expeditionary Force, prepare to launch a combat rubber raiding craft during a launch and recovery exercise aboard a Patrol Boat (PB) Mk VI. Maritime Expeditionary Security Force and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Sailors assigned to Commander, Task Force 75 (CTF 75) embarked and are conducting integrated littoral maritime security operations from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) with the Marines and Sailors already deployed as Task Force Ellis from I Marine Expeditionary Force. PB Mk VI provides increased capabilities to amphibious warships and can operate directly in support of the Navy platform or independently in support of mission tasking. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Manuel A. Serrano)

• Date Taken: 10.13.2020
• Date Posted: 10.18.2020 05:09
• Photo ID: 6393643
• VIRIN: 201013-M-SH393-0173
• Resolution: 5760x3840
• Size: 12.11 MB
• Location: U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY