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PHILIPPINE SEA (March 29, 2017) Lance Cpl. Ruben Perez, from Edgewood, , assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), mans an M240B machine gun aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as part of a simulated straits transit meant to exercise Navy-Marine Corps integrated defense procedures. Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance warfighting readiness and posture forward as a ready-response forc
PHILIPPINE SEA (March 29, 2017) Lance Cpl. Ruben Perez, from Edgewood, , assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), mans an M240B machine gun aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) as part of a simulated straits transit meant to exercise Navy-Marine Corps integrated defense procedures. Bonhomme Richard, flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is on a routine patrol, operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to enhance warfighting readiness and posture forward as a ready-response force for any type of contingency.
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