High-mobility, multipurpose, wheeled vehicles in support of Exercise Dawn Blitz are staged in the well deck of the USS Essex (LHD 2), in preparation for a surface movement as part of expeditionary advanced base operations, Oct. 25, 2017, off the coast of Southern California. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven amphibious exercise conducted between Expeditionary Strike Group 3 and 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, testing their ability to conduct amphibious operations in response to global crises and to project power ashore as part of a Navy-Marine Corps team. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by CWO4 Jonathan C. Knauth)
| Date Taken: | 10.25.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 10.28.2017 17:37 |
| Photo ID: | 3910526 |
| VIRIN: | 171025-M-OV666-0030 |
| Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
| Size: | 16.41 MB |
| Location: | OFF THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 100 |
| Downloads: | 10 |
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