150317-N-KD168-084 GULF OF ADEN (March 17, 2015) - From the left, Sgt. Maj. Lanette Wright, sergeant major of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), a Boca Raton, Fla., native, Capt. Dana Gordon, commanding officer amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), a Columbia, , native, Senior Chief Culinary Specialist Timecca Johnson, a New York native, Senior Chief Logistics Specialist Avagayle Williams, a St. Elizabeth, Jamaica native, and Chief Yeoman Precious Penagraph, a Baldwin, Louisiana native, prepare to perform a cake-cutting ceremony aboard Iwo Jima during a Women's History Month


150317-N-KD168-084 GULF OF ADEN (March 17, 2015) - From the left, Sgt. Maj. Lanette Wright, sergeant major of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), a Boca Raton, Fla., native, Capt. Dana Gordon, commanding officer amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), a Columbia, , native, Senior Chief Culinary Specialist Timecca Johnson, a New York native, Senior Chief Logistics Specialist Avagayle Williams, a St. Elizabeth, Jamaica native, and Chief Yeoman Precious Penagraph, a Baldwin, Louisiana native, prepare to perform a cake-cutting ceremony aboard Iwo Jima during a Women's History Month ceremony in the ship's mess decks. Iwo Jima is the flagship for the Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and, with the embarked 24th MEU, provides a versatile sea-based, expeditionary force that can be tailored to a variety of missions in the 5th Fleet area of operations. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Magen F. Weatherwax/Released) Women's History Month ceremony 150317-N-KD168-084


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