High-mobility, multipurpose, wheeled vehicles in support of Exercise Dawn Blitz are staged in the well deck of the USS Essex (LHD 2), in preparation for a surface movement as part of expeditionary advanced base operations, Oct. 25, 2017, off the coast of Southern California. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven amphibious exercise conducted between Expeditionary Strike Group 3 and 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, testing their ability to conduct amphibious operations in response to global crises and to project power ashore as part of a Navy-Marine Corps team. (Official Marine Corps photo by C
High-mobility, multipurpose, wheeled vehicles in support of Exercise Dawn Blitz are staged in the well deck of the USS Essex (LHD 2), in preparation for a surface movement as part of expeditionary advanced base operations, Oct. 25, 2017, off the coast of Southern California. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven amphibious exercise conducted between Expeditionary Strike Group 3 and 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade, testing their ability to conduct amphibious operations in response to global crises and to project power ashore as part of a Navy-Marine Corps team. (Official Marine Corps photo by CWO4 Jonathan C. Knauth)
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