0906095345W-125 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (June 9, 2009) A Marine from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) team aboard USS Bataan (LHD 5) fast ropes from a CH-53 Super Stallion, assigned to Thunder Chickens of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263, to the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) during a VBSS drill. The Fort McHenry is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) in support of maritime security operations in the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility. Navy

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