SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 13, 2023) – Marine Corps Cpl. Harrison Pennington, a UH-1Y Venom crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 362 (Rein.), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, shoots his Gun Aircraft Unit-17/A during a surface, search and control operation, March 13. The 13th MEU is embarked with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and the amphibious transport dock ships USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) and USS Anchorage (LPD 23), and operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the Nav
SOUTH CHINA SEA (March 13, 2023) – Marine Corps Cpl. Harrison Pennington, a UH-1Y Venom crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 362 (Rein.), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, shoots his Gun Aircraft Unit-17/A during a surface, search and control operation, March 13. The 13th MEU is embarked with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and the amphibious transport dock ships USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) and USS Anchorage (LPD 23), and operating 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 Photo by Sgt. Brendan Custer)
Size: 5622px × 3748px
Photo credit: © APFootage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 13th, 2/4, 23, anchorage, blt, clb-13, lpd, meu, uss, vmm-362
