U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), quickly form a security parameter after arriving at the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) National Training Center, Israel, in support of an amphibious assault exercise, March 10, 2014, as part of Exercise Noble Shirley 2014. Noble Shirley is a recurring, scheduled bilateral training exercise with the IDF. The MEU is deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations.
A squad of U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepare to assault an urban operations training facility at the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) National Training Center, Israel, during an amphibious assault exercise, March 10, 2014, as part of Exercise Noble Shirley 2014. Noble Shirley is a recurring, scheduled bilateral training exercise with the IDF. The MEU is deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations.
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), clear a building at the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) National Training Center, Israel, March 10, 2014, as part of Exercise Noble Shirley 2014. Noble Shirley is a recurring, scheduled bilateral training exercise with the IDF. The MEU is deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations.
U.S. Navy Hospitalman 2nd Class Gregory Norman, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), special amphibious reconnaissance corpsman and native of Pembroke Pines, Fla., discusses the contents of his medical kit with Israel Defense Forces (IDF) medics at the IDF National Training Center, Israel, March 10, 2014, as part of Exercise Noble Shirley 2014. Noble Shirley is a recurring, scheduled bilateral training exercise with the IDF. The MEU is deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations.
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Brendan Neagle, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), commanding officer, presents a gift to an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) commander at a ceremony marking the end of Exercise Noble Shirley 2014atthe IDF National Training Center, Israel, March 11, 2014. Noble Shirley is a recurring, scheduled bilateral training exercise with the IDF. The MEU is deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations.
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