OF ADEN (Sept. 5 2018) The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) transits the Gulf of Aden during a vertical replenishment while on a scheduled deployment of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). The Essex ARG/13th MEU is a lethal, flexible, and persistent Navy-Marine Corps team deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points.

---

Size: 1732px × 1155px
Photo credit: © Bob Collet / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -deployed, 2, 22, 31st, 6, 7, 62, 67, 69, 6th, 76, 7th, abraham, air, aircraft, america, amphibious, archive, arg, argmeuex, arleigh, armed, army, assault, beach, bhr, bonhomme, burke, carrier, cg, chancellorsville, class, coral, craft, cusion, cvn, ddg, deck, defence, destroyer, diego, eisenhower, essex, fleet, flight, force, forces, group, guided, gun, japan, kearsarge, landing, lha, lhd, lhd6, lincoln, lpd, meu, military, missile, naval, navy, nbu, nmcs, ofrp, pacific, ras, ready, reagan, replenishment, reportage, richard, ronald, sailors, san, sasebo, sea, service, serviceman, servicemen, shiloh, ship, shoot, soldier, states, underway, unit, united, unrep, usa, usn, uss, wasp