Marines train in chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear defense at sea [Image 1 of 5]

USS PELELIU, AT SEA

10.04.2012

Photo by Cpl. John Robbart III 

15th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Corporal Elaine C. Romain, assessment consequence management team member, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Platoon, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, gives a class to Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th MEU, on some of the different tools CBRN Marines use to operate in contaminated environments, aboard the USS Peleliu, Oct. 4. The 15th MEU's CBRN Defense Platoon is spending an entire month preparing the 2,400 servicemembers that make up the MEU on how to properly operate in contaminated environments. The 15th MEU is currently embarked as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group, while they serve as the nation's rapid-response sea-based Marine Air Ground Task Force for Western Pacific Deployment 12-02. Romain, 21, is from New Orleans.

• Date Taken: 10.04.2012
• Date Posted: 10.04.2012 20:42
• Photo ID: 676233
• VIRIN: 121004-M-YG378-012
• Resolution: 1800x1200
• Size: 1.08 MB
• Location: USS PELELIU, AT SEA