U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. Fifth Fleet
22nd MEU_140813-M-JX299-020
U.S. 5th Fleet Area of Responsibility (Aug. 12, 2014) A U.S. Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), loads cryptographic information into the communications system of an MV-22 Osprey aircraft during a humanitarian assessment mission. The Marines are supporting an assessment of the humanitarian options in support of displaced Iraqi civilians trapped on Sinjar Mountain by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joshua M. Rudy/ Released)
22nd MEU_140813-M-JX299-020
U.S. 5th Fleet Area of Responsibility (Aug. 12, 2014) A U.S. Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), loads cryptographic information into the communications system of an MV-22 Osprey aircraft during a humanitarian assessment mission. The Marines are supporting an assessment of the humanitarian options in support of displaced Iraqi civilians trapped on Sinjar Mountain by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joshua M. Rudy/ Released)