US Marines embark on USS Gabrielle Giffords in US Southern Command region [Image 9 of 18]

MIAMI, FL, UNITED STATES

11.25.2020

Photo by Cpl. Camila Melendez 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South

EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN – An MH-60S Sea Hawk assigned to the “Wildcards” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23 picks up pallets of food from Chilean Navy replenishment oiler CNS Almirante Montt (AO 52) to deliver to Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) during a vertical replenishment Nov. 25, 2020. A VERTREP is part of a replenishment at sea evolution, where supplies are transported to a ship at sea with the use of an aircraft. The Gabrielle Giffords is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility to support Joint Interagency Task Force South’s mission, which includes counter illicit drug trafficking in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. U.S. Marines with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South embarked aboard the Gabrielle Giffords for a three-week assessment to support naval integration and interoperability between the U.S. Marine Corps with the U.S. Navy. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Camila Melendez)

• Date Taken: 11.25.2020
• Date Posted: 01.11.2021 08:09
• Photo ID: 6476406
• VIRIN: 201125-M-YX647-0072
• Resolution: 4088x2725
• Size: 1.41 MB
• Location: MIAMI, FL, US