2100426-M-GJ479-064, ROTA, Spain, April 26, 2021- U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Noel Sperlock (bottom right), a gas systems turbine mechanic with Assault Craft Unit 4, ground guides a High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) onto a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) during on/off drills in Rota, Spain, April 26, 2021. 24th MEU, embarked with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, is forward deployed in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sergeant Mark E Morrow Jr/Released)
2100426-M-GJ479-064, ROTA, Spain, April 26, 2021- U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Noel Sperlock (bottom right), a gas systems turbine mechanic with Assault Craft Unit 4, ground guides a High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) onto a Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) during on/off drills in Rota, Spain, April 26, 2021. 24th MEU, embarked with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, is forward deployed in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sergeant Mark E Morrow Jr/Released)
ABOARD USS IWO JIMA – This past weekend, Marines and Sailors of 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted a company-sized live-fire amphibious raid during the unit’s Composite Unit Training Exercise (COMPTUEX)—the first time in recent history that a live-fire evolution of this type and scale has taken place during an East Coast-based MEU’s pre-deployment training.
CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina - U.S. Marines conduct a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel training exercise on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 29, 2019.
