26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) senior leaders board a French SA 330 Puma helicopter on 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

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26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) senior leaders board a French SA 330 Puma helicopter on 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.

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