5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (April 26, 2017) Cpl. Brandon Schroeder and Lance Cpl. Blake Womack, assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditonary Unit, carry boxes to the store room as part of a working party aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5). The ship and its ready group are deployed in the 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations designed to reassure allies and partners, and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region.

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