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    31st MEU CERTEX operations aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) [Image 216 of 219]

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    A flight deck crew member wearing a yellow jersey and helmet is signaling with one arm raised toward a large military helicopter on a naval vessel's flight deck. The helicopter, identifiable as a CH-53E Super Stallion, has its rotors spinning and appears to be preparing for takeoff or has just landed. The scene takes place on an open ocean flight deck under clear blue skies.

    08.11.2017

    Photo by Cosmo Walrath 

    U.S. Navy           

    170811-N-DC385-630 CORAL SEA (Aug. 11, 2017) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Malik Pratt, from Chicago, signals to the pilot of a CH-53E Super Stallion, assigned to the “Dragons� of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) in support of an embassy reinforcement simulation during a certification exercise (CERTEX). Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, is supporting a CERTEX that will evaluate the 31st MEU on crisis response operations for a number of potential contingencies. CERTEX, 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 Seaman Cosmo Walrath/Released)

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    Date Taken: 08.11.2017
    Date Posted: 08.12.2017 00:05
    Photo ID: 3666163
    VIRIN: 170811-N-DC385-630
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