Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 29, assigned to Naval
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 29, assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, transports equipment from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) in preparation for an amphibious landing exercise du... More
Aviation Combat Element embarks, brings aerial assets to 31st MEU
A CH-53E Sea Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 (Reinforced) prepares to land on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 28. HMM-2... More
Lt. David Smith, from Nacogdoches, Texas, scans for
Lt. David Smith, from Nacogdoches, Texas, scans for surface contacts through the ‘big eyes’ binoculars on the bridge wing of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) as the ship prepares to arri... More
Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV), assigned to the
Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV), assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), depart the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) during the Amphibious Landing Exercise 2... More
Sailors fire M-9 pistols during a small-arms weapons
Sailors fire M-9 pistols during a small-arms weapons qualification shoot on the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Germantown is part of the Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Gr... More
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 29, assigned to Naval
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 29, assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, prepares to embark the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) during an equipment offload while taking part in the Amphib... More
Internal Communications Electrician 2nd Class Mikala
Internal Communications Electrician 2nd Class Mikala Mott, from Hudson, Texas, fires an M-16 assault rifle on the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) during a weapons requali... More
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 29, assigned to Naval
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 29, assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, embarks the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) during an equipment offload while taking part in the Amphibious Landin... More
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 29, assigned to Naval
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 29, assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, transports equipment from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) in preparation for an amphibious landing exercise du... More
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 30, assigned to Naval
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 30, assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, departs from the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) during an equipment offload while taking part in... More
Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCAC), assigned to Naval
Landing Craft Air Cushions (LCAC), assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, prepare to embark the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) during the Amphibious Landing Exercise 2015 (... More
Gunner’s Mate Seaman Jonathan Ward, right, from Forsyth,
Gunner’s Mate Seaman Jonathan Ward, right, from Forsyth, Ga., supervises Gunner’s Mate Seaman Timothy Farris, from Little Rock, Ark., while he fires an M9 pistol during a small-arms weapons qualification shoot ... More
Hospitalman Ellen Alvarez, from New York City, raises
Hospitalman Ellen Alvarez, from New York City, raises the Navy Jack on the foc’sle of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) as the ship arrives in Subic Bay, Philippines for Amphibious Landin... More
Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV), assigned to the
Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV), assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), depart the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) during the Amphibious Landing Exercise 2... More
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 29, assigned to Naval
Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 29, assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, transports equipment from the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) in preparation for an amphibious landing exercise du... More
Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS
Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) prepare to embark Combat Rubber Raiding Crafts (CRRC) carrying Marines, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), into the wel... More
31st MEU Embarks for Asia-Pacific Region
Tactical vehicles parked in front of Peralta Hall, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit headquarters building wait to depart enroute to White Beach Naval Facility where they will be loaded onto ships for the 31st... More
Seaman Wyatt Beck, right, from Lincoln, Neb., and Ensign
Seaman Wyatt Beck, right, from Lincoln, Neb., and Ensign Zachary Manor, from Monroe, Mich., man the helm on the bridge of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) as the ship arrives in Subic Ba... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) prepare to embark the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) in Combat Rubber Raiding Crafts (CRRC) during the amphibious landing exerc... More
Fire Controlman 3rd Class Francisco Zamora, from Laredo,
Fire Controlman 3rd Class Francisco Zamora, from Laredo, Texas, fires an M-16 assault rifle on the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) during a weapons requalification shoot.... More
Ensign Ailorrarizz Brunin, from Zion, Ill., reads a
Ensign Ailorrarizz Brunin, from Zion, Ill., reads a navigational bearing while standing watch as conning officer on the bridge of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) while the ship arrives ... More
Sailors heave a mooring line aboard the amphibious
Sailors heave a mooring line aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) as the ship arrives in Subic Bay, Philippines for Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX). PHIBLEX is an annual bilater... More
Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Shaquille Cary, from Gastonia,
Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Shaquille Cary, from Gastonia, Okla., throws a heaving line from the foc’sle of amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) as the ship arrives in Subic Bay, Philippines for Amp... More
Boatswain’s Mate Seaman John Sabal, from Bensalem,
Boatswain’s Mate Seaman John Sabal, from Bensalem, Pa., directs Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 29, assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, during an equipment off-load for the amphibious dock landing ship USS G... More