24th Marine Expeditionary Unit operations [Image 29 of 35]

USS GUNSTON HALL, USAFRICOM, AT SEA

11.21.2012

Courtesy Photo

24th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Cpl. Julian Valdez, squad leader for 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, presents a class to the Marines of 2nd Platoon on the Pacific Island Hopping Campaign of WWII on the mess deck of USS Gunston Hall, Nov. 23, 2012. Classes like these and other training events are a continuous for Marines while underway aboard the amphibious assault ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group. The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group in the 6th Fleet area of responsibility serving as an expeditionary crisis response force capable of a variety of missions, from full-scale combat to evacuations and humanitarian assistance. Since deploying in March, they have supported a variety of missions in the U.S. Central, Africa and European Commands, assisted the Navy in safeguarding sea lanes, and conducted various bilateral and unilateral training events in several countries in the Middle East and Africa. (Photo courtesy of Cpl. Jesse Pehrson)

• Date Taken: 11.21.2012
• Date Posted: 12.01.2012 05:43
• Photo ID: 792263
• VIRIN: 121121-M-9999P-001
• Resolution: 663x622
• Size: 321.35 KB
• Location: USS GUNSTON HALL, USAFRICOM, AT SEA