South China Sea (April 18, 2023) – Marine Corps Sgt. Elijah Griggs, top, a machine gunner assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, watches as Lance Cpl. Karina Maldonado, a motor transport operator assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th MEU, fires an M240B machine gun mounted to a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle during a deck shoot aboard the amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), April 18, 2023. The 13th MEU is embarked with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and
South China Sea (April 18, 2023) – Marine Corps Sgt. Elijah Griggs, top, a machine gunner assigned to Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, watches as Lance Cpl. Karina Maldonado, a motor transport operator assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th MEU, fires an M240B machine gun mounted to a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle during a deck shoot aboard the amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), April 18, 2023. The 13th MEU is embarked with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and the amphibious transport dock ships USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and John P. Murtha, and operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with Allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Quince D. Bisard)
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