USS Essex 2018 Deployment [Image 9 of 9]

USS ESSEX (LHD 2), ARABIAN SEA

10.07.2018

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jenna Dobson 

USS Essex (LHD 2)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jade Woodend, assigned to Battalion Landing Team 3/1, fires a FIM-92 Stinger antiaircraft missile from the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during a regularly scheduled deployment of Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in the Arabian Sea Oct. 7, 2018. The Essex ARG/13th MEU is a lethal, flexible, and persistent Navy-Marine Corps team deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jenna Dobson)

• Date Taken: 10.07.2018
• Date Posted: 10.08.2018 06:20
• Photo ID: 4803488
• VIRIN: 181007-N-RP442-4015
• Resolution: 4118x2941
• Size: 1.28 MB
• Location: USS ESSEX (LHD 2), ARABIAN SEA