ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 20, 2014) USS New York (LPD 21) enters the 6th Fleet area of operations in the eastern Atlantic Ocean Dec. 20, 2014. New York, a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group/24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (IWO ARG/24MEU) in support of maritime security operations (MSO) and theater security. Along with New York, the Iwo Jima ARG/24 MEU is comprised of embarked Marines from the 24th MEU, the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), the amphibious dock landing ship USS F

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