MAYPORT, Fla. (Feb. 7, 2018) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuel) 3rd Class Jeison Rosales says goodbye to his family as 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, Helicop
MAYPORT, Fla. (Feb. 7, 2018) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Fuel) 3rd Class Jeison Rosales says goodbye to his family as 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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