GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 5, 2018) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Connor Heaps, from Vancouver, Wash., assigned to San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23), prepares to receive cargo during a replenishment-at-sea with dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3) while on a regularly scheduled deployment of Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 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 maritim
GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 5, 2018) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Connor Heaps, from Vancouver, Wash., assigned to San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Anchorage (LPD 23), prepares to receive cargo during a replenishment-at-sea with dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3) while on a regularly scheduled deployment of Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 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.
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