Marines with the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde's (LPD 19) combat cargo section load cargo into a CH-53E Super Stallion, left, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and an MH-53E Sea Dragon with Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15, aboard the USS Mesa Verde during routine flight operations. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout Central Command and the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. ( Marine Corps phot


Marines with the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde's (LPD 19) combat cargo section load cargo into a CH-53E Super Stallion, left, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and an MH-53E Sea Dragon with Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 15, aboard the USS Mesa Verde during routine flight operations. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout Central Command and the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/Released) Marines arrive aboard Mesa Verde, aircraft take cargo 140710-M-MX805-244


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