Marines assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1), drill on Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) techniques

North Arabian Gulf (Oct. 06, 2003) Marines assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Expeditionary Strike Group One (ESG-1), drill on Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) techniques used during Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO), designed to counter the smuggling of Iraqi oil. ESG-1 is deployed to the U.S. Fifth Fleet in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 2nd Class Christopher Mobley. File# 031006-N-6939M-004