22nd MEU, USS Bataan rescue persons in distress [Image 11 of 13]

ABOARD THE USS BATAAN, USAFRICOM, AT SEA

06.06.2014

Photo by Lance Cpl. Caleb McDonald 

22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Scott Cummings, right, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (BLT 1/6), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), line corpsman and native of Salt Lake City, and Hospitalman 3rd Class Chase Harmon, BLT 1/6, 22nd MEU, line corpsman and native of Oxford, Al., elevate patients’ IV bags aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 6, 2014. Bataan, with support from Marines and Sailors with the 22nd MEU, rendered assistance to 282 persons in distress at sea in the Mediterranean after receiving a report of a sinking small vessel. Elements of the 22nd MEU, embarked aboard Bataan, are operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to augment U.S. Crisis Response forces in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

• Date Taken: 06.06.2014
• Date Posted: 06.10.2014 08:48
• Photo ID: 1389350
• VIRIN: 140606-M-WB921-059
• Resolution: 1398x2100
• Size: 747.48 KB
• Location: ABOARD THE USS BATAAN, USAFRICOM, AT SEA
• Hometown: OXFORD, AL, US
• Hometown: SALT LAKE CITY, UT, US