USS Mahan, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, with training exercise "Operation Auriga '10" floats nearby as a 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Marine and a USS Kearsarge sailor stand ready during flight operations aboard the flight deck of USS Kearsarge as part of Composite Training Unit Exercise off the coast of Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 12. Exercise "Operation Auriga '10" was a simultaneous bilateral carrier-integration and amphibious training exercise with British naval and Marine forces that was conducted during COMPTUEX. 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Squadron 4 conducted the three-week COMPTUEX in preparation for their deployment later this fall. During COMPTUEX, 26th MEU will prepare for its Certification Exercise in August by integrating and finalizing communication and mission procedures.
| Date Taken: | 07.12.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 07.13.2010 16:07 |
| Photo ID: | 298653 |
| VIRIN: | 100712-M-8875C-019 |
| Resolution: | 4080x2720 |
| Size: | 2.73 MB |
| Location: | USS KEARSARGE, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
| Web Views: | 25 |
| Downloads: | 7 |
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