The 24th MEU transits through the Suez [Image 2 of 3]

SUEZ CANAL, USS IWO JIMA, EGYPT

06.21.2015

Photo by Lance Cpl. Austin Lewis 

U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet

150621-M-QZ288-055: SUEZ CANAL (June 21, 2015) Cpl. Chris R. Dalessandro, a low-altitude air defense gunner with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), provides security while the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) steams through the Suez Canal, June 21, 2015. The 24th MEU and Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) transited through the canal, a 120-mile-long waterway connecting the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, and entered the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. The 24th MEU is deployed on the ships of the Iwo Jima ARG in support of U.S. national security interests in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Austin A. Lewis)

• Date Taken: 06.21.2015
• Date Posted: 06.29.2015 05:35
• Photo ID: 2034765
• VIRIN: 150621-M-QZ288-055
• Resolution: 2250x1500
• Size: 822.44 KB
• Location: SUEZ CANAL, USS IWO JIMA, EG