ARABIAN SEA– U.S. Navy Sailors with the Essex Amphibious

ARABIAN SEA– U.S. Navy Sailors with the Essex Amphibious Group (ARG), tow a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 Reinforced, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), into place before flight operations aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), Oct. 5, 2018. The Essex is the flagship for the Essex ARG and, with the embarked 13th MEU, is deployed to the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Jackson/Released)