4th of July aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) [Image 14 of 18]

USS KEARSARGE, USAFRICOM, AT SEA

07.04.2013

Photo by Sgt. Chris Stone 

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)     

U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Sailors assigned to the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), hold the American flag to commemorate the Fourth of July during their 2013 deployment on the flight deck of the USS Kearsarge, at sea, July 4, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area 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 photograph by Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone, 26th MEU Combat Camera/Released)

• Date Taken: 07.04.2013
• Date Posted: 07.04.2013 10:27
• Photo ID: 966284
• VIRIN: 130704-M-SO289-003
• Resolution: 4894x2753
• Size: 2.6 MB
• Location: USS KEARSARGE, USAFRICOM, AT SEA