The unit is currently deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, which is a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. The group is also providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
A Marine with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, descends 35 feet down a thick, plaited rope rigged to a helicopter parked on the amphibious assault ship Makin Island
A Marine with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, descends 35 feet down a thick, plaited rope rigged to a helicopter parked on the amphibious assault ship Makin Island.
A Marine with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, descends 35 feet down a thick, plaited rope rigged to a helicopter parked on the amphibious assault ship Makin Island.
A Marine with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, descends 35 feet down a thick, plaited rope rigged to a helicopter parked on the amphibious assault ship Makin Island.
A Marine with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, descends 35 feet down a thick, plaited rope rigged to a helicopter parked on the amphibious assault ship Makin Island.
Cpl. Robert J. Forrest, 23, and Houston native watches Marines with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, descend 35 feet down a thick, plaited rope rigged to a helicopter parked on the amphibious assault ship Makin Island.
Cpl. Gene Allen Ainsworth III descends 35 feet down a thick, plaited rope rigged to a helicopter parked on the amphibious assault ship Makin Island. Ainsworth, a Jacksonville, Fla., native serves as a photographer with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.