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    Marines practice recapturing ship

    NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

    01.20.2011

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Dwight Henderson 

    22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit

    Marines from Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Command Element, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast rope out of a H-60S Sea Hawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28, onto the SS Cape Ann during vessel boarding search and seizure training out of Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Jan. 20. This training better prepared the Marines and sailors to react to any of the many possible missions of a MEU during their deployment this summer. The 22nd MEU is a multi-mission capable force of 2,200 Marines and sailors and comprised of Aviation Combat Element, Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced); Logistics Combat Element, Combat Logistics Battalion 22; Ground Combat Element, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment; and its command element.

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    Date Taken: 01.20.2011
    Date Posted: 01.31.2011 10:27
    Photo ID: 361970
    VIRIN: 110120-M-9915H-052
    Resolution: 3000x1954
    Size: 3.44 MB
    Location: NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, US

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