ARABIAN GULF - Marine Cpl. Christopher Vazquez, a motor transport mechanic with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), slips his opponent's hand into flexicuffs during an Oleoresin Capsicum spray confidence course aboard the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47), Nov. 17, 2018. The Essex Amphibious Ready Group and 13th MEU are deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through


ARABIAN GULF - Marine Cpl. Christopher Vazquez, a motor transport mechanic with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), slips his opponent's hand into flexicuffs during an Oleoresin Capsicum spray confidence course aboard the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47), Nov. 17, 2018. The Essex Amphibious Ready Group and 13th MEU are deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points.


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