Marines assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, post security with a .50-caliber machine gun aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) while transiting the Basilan Strait Feb. 18, 2024. Somerset and embarked elements of the 15th MEU are conducting routine operations in the 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Marine Corps

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