PACIFIC OCEAN – Sailors assigned to the Deck Department aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), wait in position to for a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (Reinforced) to land during Composite Training Unit Exercise, May 2, 2017. COMPTUEX is the second at-sea training exercise that provides opportunities to sharpen mission essential skill sets prior to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Certification Exercise and Western Pacific 17-2 deployment.

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