PACIFIC OCEAN – Sgt. Shaquille Ross, a combat engineer

PACIFIC OCEAN – Sgt. Shaquille Ross, a combat engineer with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Logistics Combat Element, tests the mobile water purification system aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), July 31, 2017. The mobile water purification system allows the 15th MEU to create potable water even in environments where freshwater isn’t readily available. The 15th MEU is deployed as a crises response and contingency force in the 7th Fleet’s area of operation, which spans more than 124 million square kilometers, stretching from the International Dateline to the India-Pakistan border and from the Kuril Islands in the North to the Antarctic in the South. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacob Pruitt)