Caption:
Suez Canal (Nov. 26, 2005) - With the dock landing ship USS Carter Hall
(LSD 50) trailing closely behind, infantrymen from Battalion Landing
Team 1st Bn., 2nd Marines, provide security with a machine gun-equipped
High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) on the flight deck
of the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4) as the ship transits
the Suez Canal. The 22nd MEUÕs passage through the Suez Canal
took it into the Central Command area of operations as the landing
force for Expeditionary Strike Group Eight (ESG-8). U.S. Marine Corps
photo by Gunnery Sgt. Keith A. Milks (RELEASED)
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