Security at Sea
Lance Cpl. Xavier Forges, a mortarman from New Orleans, La., assigned to Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides security against possible small boat incursions aboard the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) while at sea July 20, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr