MAYPORT, Fla. (Feb. 7, 2018) Operations Specialist 2nd Class Kylee Rivera and Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Mollie Champion’s daughter watch Sailors and Marines board the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) before it departs Naval Station Mayport for a deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in Europe and the Middle East. The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group embarks the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and includes Iwo Jima, the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21), the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), Fleet Sur
MAYPORT, Fla. (Feb. 7, 2018) Operations Specialist 2nd Class Kylee Rivera and Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Mollie Champion’s daughter watch Sailors and Marines board the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) before it departs Naval Station Mayport for a deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in Europe and the Middle East. The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group embarks the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit and includes Iwo Jima, the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21), the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), Fleet Surgical Team 8, Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 28, Tactical Air Control Squadron 22, components of Naval Beach Group 2 and the embarked staff of Amphibious Squadron 4. ( Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Dary M. Patten/Released)
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