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    USS Somerset transits Bab el-Mandeb Strait [Image 2 of 6]

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    USS Somerset transits Bab el-Mandeb Strait

    BAB EL-MANDEB STRAIT, RED SEA

    02.27.2021

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Brendan Mullin  

    15th Marine Expeditionary Unit

    210227-M-JX780-1103 BAB EL-MANDEB STRAIT (Feb. 27, 2021) – Guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), left, operates in formation with the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) during a Bab el-Mandeb Strait transit, Feb. 27. Somerset, part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit are 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 Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brendan Mullin)

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    Date Taken: 02.27.2021
    Date Posted: 03.01.2021 06:51
    Photo ID: 6536915
    VIRIN: 210227-M-JX780-1103
    Resolution: 5184x2916
    Size: 6.12 MB
    Location: BAB EL-MANDEB STRAIT, RED SEA

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