
A 5.56mm round, from an M16 service rifle, flies through the air as Lance Cpl. Bryan Conley of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit participates in a live fire exercise on the flight deck aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41). The Whidbey Island is part of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, which deployed ahead of its original schedule in order to relieve units from the Kearsage Amphibious Ready Group in the Mediterranean.

Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit stand ready during a live fire exercise on the flight deck aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41). The Whidbey Island is part of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, which deployed ahead of its original schedule in order to relieve units from the Kearsage Amphibious Ready Group in the Mediterranean.

Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit practice arm take down movements in the well deck aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41). The Whidbey Island is part of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, which deployed ahead of its original schedule in order to relieve units from the Kearsage Amphibious Ready Group in the Mediterranean.