An MH-60S Sea Hawk prepares to takeoff from the flight deck of the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), Sept. 22, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. ( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone, 26th MEU Combat Camera/Released) 26th MEU Flight Deck Operations 130920-M-SO289-013

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