24 MEU Deployment 2012 [Image 24 of 35]

USS NEW YORK, AT SEA

11.30.2012

Photo by Cpl. Michael Petersheim  

24th Marine Expeditionary Unit

Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct fast-rope training from a CH-53E Super Stallion onto the flight deck of the USS New York, Nov. 30, 2012. 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.

• Date Taken: 11.30.2012
• Date Posted: 12.01.2012 04:49
• Photo ID: 792254
• VIRIN: 121130-M-KU932-166
• Resolution: 2160x2970
• Size: 772.64 KB
• Location: USS NEW YORK, AT SEA