26th MEU Force Recon Parachute Operations with Montana Army National Guard [Image 9 of 12]

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09.05.2013

Photo by Sgt. Chris Stone 

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)     

U.S. Marines assigned to Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct military freefall parachute operations from UH-60 Black Hawks assigned to Alpha Company, 1-189th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB) from the Montana Army National Guard in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, Sept. 5, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone, 26th MEU Combat Camera/Released)

• Date Taken: 09.05.2013
• Date Posted: 10.10.2013 07:40
• Photo ID: 1033323
• VIRIN: 130905-M-SO289-011
• Resolution: 3732x2099
• Size: 790.65 KB
• Location: (UNDISCLOSED LOCATION)