PHILIPPINE SEA (March 29, 2017) Lance Cpl. Darien Peters, middle, from Muenster, Texas, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), mans an M240B machine gun aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as part of a simulated straits transit meant to exercise Navy-Marine Corps integrated defense procedures. Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance warfighting readiness and posture forward as a ready-re
PHILIPPINE SEA (March 29, 2017) Lance Cpl. Darien Peters, middle, from Muenster, Texas, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), mans an M240B machine gun aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as part of a simulated straits transit meant to exercise Navy-Marine Corps integrated defense procedures. Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance warfighting readiness and posture forward as a ready-response force for any type of contingency.
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