26th MEU PMINT [Image 73 of 79]

USS KEARSARGE (LHD 3), UNITED STATES

01.27.2013

Photo by Cpl. Chris Stone 

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)     

Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), load their Light Armored Vehicles and Humvees aboard Landing Crafts, air cushion (LCACs) during an alert status drill in the well deck of USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), Jan. 27, 2013. The MEU and Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 4 are conducting PHIBRON-MEU Integration in preparation for their Composite Training Unit Exercise, the final phase of a six-month pre-deployment training program. The 26th MEU operates continuously across the globe, providing the president and unified combatant commanders with a forward-deployed, sea-based quick reaction force. The MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response and limited contingency operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher Q. Stone/Released)

• Date Taken: 01.27.2013
• Date Posted: 02.03.2013 09:14
• Photo ID: 826253
• VIRIN: 130127-M-SO289-005
• Resolution: 5616x3744
• Size: 11.62 MB
• Location: USS KEARSARGE (LHD 3), US