Photo Essay: Marines stick to the daily grind, remain ready while waiting for orders to go home

Photo By Cpl. Michael Petersheim | 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.  

U.S. 6TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY, USAFRICOM, AT SEA

12.01.2012

Story by Capt. Robert Shuford 

24th Marine Expeditionary Unit

U.S. 6th FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY – Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit have continued their daily grind of staying prepared and staying busy aboard the amphibious assault ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as they continue on an extended deployment that was originally planned to end the last week of November. The Marines have taken the challenge of being extended in stride and have continued to make good use of their time to remain ready when their Nation calls. Aboard USS Iwo Jima, USS New York, and USS Gunston Hall flight operations, weapons handling training and live-fire ranges, various classes, maintaining equipment, and the everyday chores of cooking and cleaning are continuous actions for the Marines as they remain ready as an expeditionary crisis response force, ready for a variety of missions.

• Date Taken: 12.01.2012
• Date Posted: 12.01.2012 05:45
• Story ID: 98593
• Location: U.S. 6TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY, USAFRICOM, AT SEA