ARABIAN GULF – Marine Cpl. Michael Gore, a light armored vehicle operator with Bravo Company, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takes final inventory for his vehicle before it is loaded onto Landing Craft, Air Cushion 80, with Assault Craft Unit 5, Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), Dec. 2, 2018. The Essex is the flagship for the Essex ARG and, with the embarked 13th MEU, is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, c
ARABIAN GULF – Marine Cpl. Michael Gore, a light armored vehicle operator with Bravo Company, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takes final inventory for his vehicle before it is loaded onto Landing Craft, Air Cushion 80, with Assault Craft Unit 5, Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), Dec. 2, 2018. The Essex is the flagship for the Essex ARG and, with the embarked 13th MEU, is 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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