Air Defense Exercise aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) [Image 7 of 151]

08.09.2017

Photo by Cosmo Walrath 

U.S. Navy           

ii170809-N-DC385-070 CORAL SEA (Aug. 9, 2017) Marines, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stand ready with an FIM-92 Stinger man-portable air-defense system during an air defense exercise as part of Amphibious Integration Training (AIT) aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, is participating in AIT with the 31st MEU to increase joint capability to respond to a number of potential contingencies. AIT, taking place off the coast of and within Australia's Shoalwater Bay Training Area, will test the MEU's ability to conduct all of its core missions such as stability operations, non-combatant evacuation and disaster relief. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Cosmo Walrath/Released)

• Date Taken: 08.09.2017
• Date Posted: 08.11.2017 00:04
• Photo ID: 3661218
• VIRIN: 170809-N-DC385-070
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