An Italian AV-8B Harrier takes off from the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge is on a scheduled deployment as part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group in support of maritime security operations, crisis response and theater security cooperation, while also providing a…
10/01/2015: U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) teach vehicle checkpoint security and military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) during a military-to-military training exercise at Davis Air field, N.C., July 23, 2015. The training was designed to increase the Marines proficiency in working with foreign…
10/08/2013: U.S. Marines assigned to 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Command Element and 26th MEU Marine Raid Force Marines conduct static line and double bag static line parachute operations from a KC-130J Super Hercules assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352, over Djibouti, Aug. 10, 2013. The 26th…
09/18/2013: A time-lapse of the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) conducting a resupply at sea with the USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201), July 20, 2013. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving…
09/15/2013: U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), install an aerial refueling probe on an CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to VMM 266 (Reinforced), 26th MEU, on the flight deck of the USS San Antonio (LPD 17), July 5, 2013. [slidepress gallery='vmm-266-mechanics-work-at-sea']…
08/20/2013: USS Kearsarge in 5th Fleet AOR [slidepress gallery='uss-kearsarge-in-5th-fleet-aor'] Credit:26th Marine Expeditionary Unit:6/14/13 In the first photo, U.S. Marines assigned to combat cargo prepare to secure an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadon (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), at sea, June 14, 2013. In the…
07/19/2013: A UH-1N Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares to land on the flight deck of the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) after conducting flight operations, at sea, July 13, 2013. [slidepress gallery='flight-ops-aboard-the-uss-kearsarge'] Credit:26th Marine Expeditionary Unit:7/13/13 The 26th MEU is…
06/20/2013: USS Carter Hall flight operations In photos 1 and 2, as part of an ammunition resupply, an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), lands on the flight deck of the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) while at sea April 6,…