22nd MEU demonstrates capabilities during COMPTUEX [Image 2 of 8]

OFF THE EAST COAST, USNORTHCOM, AT SEA

12.04.2013

Photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald 

22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit

U.S. Marines with the force reconnaissance platoon, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), demonstrate how to climb a rapid entering and boarding system ladder as part of a static display during a tour aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5) off the East Coast Dec. 4, 2013. The MEU is currently taking part in the Composite Training Unit Exercise in preparation for its scheduled 2014 deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

• Date Taken: 12.04.2013
• Date Posted: 12.06.2013 08:09
• Photo ID: 1066962
• VIRIN: 131204-M-WB921-065
• Resolution: 1050x736
• Size: 85.61 KB
• Location: OFF THE EAST COAST, USNORTHCOM, AT SEA