Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sit behind an M2 50-caliber heavy machine gun providing security for the ship as she passes through the Straits of Gibraltar, April 20, 2012. The 24th MEU is currently deployed with the Navy's Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force capable of a variety of missions from full-scale combat operations to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
Date Taken: | 04.20.2012 |
Date Posted: | 04.22.2012 14:37 |
Photo ID: | 563505 |
VIRIN: | 120420-M-KU932-083 |
Resolution: | 2160x1440 |
Size: | 267.99 KB |
Location: | USS NEW YORK, AT SEA |
Web Views: | 613 |
Downloads: | 27 |
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