ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 15, 2018) Maj. Pete Abelson, the operations officer of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), briefs a concept for potential search and rescue operations on a terrain map aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Naval Forces Northern Command deployed Kearsarge, along with embarked elements of the 22nd MEU and the Expeditionary Strike Group 2 command element, to be positioned to provide Defense Support to Civil Authorities from the sea in response to Hurricane Florence, should support be requested.

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