STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR (Dec. 27, 2014) Cpl. Christopher Twilley (left), a native of Centreville, Maryland, assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Aviation Ordnanceman Airman Chase Webb, originally from Dayton, Ohio, check a 50 Cal. machine gun's ammo aboard amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) as the ship transits the Strait of Gibraltar Dec. 27, 2014. Iwo Jima, deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group/24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (IWO ARG/24 MEU), is conducting naval operations in the 6th Fleet area of operations in support of national security in

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