26th MEU Hurricane Sandy Response [Image 23 of 23]

USS WASP, NY, UNITED STATES

11.06.2012

Photo by Lance Cpl. Juanenrique Owings 

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)     

Marines assigned to Landing Support Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, board a U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk aboard USS Wasp, Nov. 6, 2012. The platoon was transported to Queens, N.Y., to assist LaGuardia Airport in moving a generator to a damaged pier. The 26th MEU and the USS Wasp are off the coast of New York in support of Hurricane Sandy disaster relief efforts in New York and New Jersey. The 26th MEU is capable of providing generators, fuel, clean water, and helicopter lift capabilities to aid in disaster relief efforts. The 26th MEU is currently in pre-deployment training, preparing for their departure in 2013. As an expeditionary crisis response force operating from the sea the MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response, and limited contingency operations. (U.S. Marine Corps motion media by Lance Cpl Juanenrique Owings/Released)

• Date Taken: 11.06.2012
• Date Posted: 11.07.2012 08:35
• Photo ID: 777590
• VIRIN: 121106-M-HF949-001
• Resolution: 5184x3456
• Size: 1.72 MB
• Location: USS WASP, NY, US