A U.S. Marine assigned to 26th Marine Expeditionary

A U.S. Marine assigned to 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), utilizes an observational optic to provide security aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) as it transits the Straits of Tiran towards Jordan, June 6, 2013. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit 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 Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone, 26th MEU Combat Camera/Released)