CARIBBEAN SEA – A U.S. Marine with Maritime Special Purpose Force, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), fast-ropes out of a U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 26, Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, during fast rope insertion drills aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Oct. 23, 2025. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tanner Bernat)
| Date Taken: | 10.23.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 11.12.2025 19:06 |
| Photo ID: | 9383686 |
| VIRIN: | 251023-M-KB995-1133 |
| Resolution: | 3742x2806 |
| Size: | 1.17 MB |
| Location: | CARIBBEAN SEA |
| Web Views: | 17 |
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