PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 20, 2019) Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Christopher Smith II, a field artillery cannoneer with Alpha Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), mounts a .50-caliber machine gun aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26). The Marines and Sailors of the 11th MEU are conducting routine operations as part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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