22nd MEU FET Pre Exercise Training [Image 8 of 8]

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY

04.03.2019

Photo by Lance Cpl. Tawanya Norwood 

22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit

190403-M-YD783-1247 ARABIAN GULF (April 3, 2019) U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Nadra Khaled, right, an aviation operations specialist with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, executes a mechanical advantage control technique on Cpl. Erin Thomas, a law enforcement Marine also with the 22nd MEU during Female Engagement Team training in the well deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD-3). FET Marines conducted the training to sharpen their skills in prepartion for advising troops from foreign nations on Marine Corps Martial Arts and detainee handling techniques. Marines and Sailors with the 22nd MEU and Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group are deployed to the 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. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tawanya Norwood/Released)

• Date Taken: 04.03.2019
• Date Posted: 04.05.2019 00:57
• Photo ID: 5236469
• VIRIN: 190403-M-YD783-1247
• Resolution: 4006x4225
• Size: 325.82 KB
• Location: U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY