U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Orlando Crespo, left, and Cpl. Elijah McKenna, both machine gunners with Echo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, perform weapons checks on an M240B machine gun during a small craft action team drill on the boat deck of San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27), March 26, 2026. Portland, part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is underway with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations demonstrating the U.S. Navy’s long-term commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Adam Bishop)
| Date Taken: | 03.26.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 04.12.2026 06:12 |
| Photo ID: | 9599062 |
| VIRIN: | 260326-N-UL944-1034 |
| Resolution: | 2738x1825 |
| Size: | 1.21 MB |
| Location: | PACIFIC OCEAN |
| Web Views: | 6 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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