“持槍武裝美國海軍在CH-53直升機附近巡邏 Armed US Navy with guns patrolling on deck near the US Marines Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion Helicopter” / USS Peleliu (LHA-5) in Hong Kong / SML.20130418.6D.01477

Here is a wider view of the Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter on the deck of the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) while it docked in Hong Kong. It was rainy when I shot these but even through the fog you can make out the skyline of Hong Kong across the Victoria Harbour.

 

A US Navy officer holding a large carbine is armed and patrolling on deck. I do not know the exactly what type of firearms he carrying, so please comment below if you do. Visually it looks like an Mk 18 Mod 0 CQBR (CQB assault rifle, 5.56x45mm NATO) to me, which according to Wikipedia is currently in use by the Force Reconnaissance|USMC Force Recon, and Coast Guard, US NAVY SEALS) so he might be a US Navy Seal then [1].

 

A fox insignia is seen on the exterior shell of the helicopter. If my research is correct, this should be the Purple Foxes HMM-364 which is stationed at MCAS Camp Pendleton, CA. [2, 3]

 

# Notes

1. Wikipedia: EN: List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_individual_weapons_of_the_U...

2. Wikipedia: EN: List of active United States Marine Corps aircraft squadrons: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_United_States_Marine...

3. Wikipedia: EN: US Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 (HMM-364): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMM-364

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-04-18T17:33:38+0800

+ Dimensions: 3340 x 5010

+ Exposure: 1/160 sec at f/8.0

+ Focal Length: 160 mm

+ ISO: 5000

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ GPS: 22°17'41" N 114°9'59" E

+ Location: 中國香港九龍尖沙咀海港城 Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

+ Subject: Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion, US Navy, USS Peleliu (LHA-5), United States Navy

+ Workflow: Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130418.6D.01477

+ Series: Photojournalism, 男 Men

 

# Media Licensing

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