24th MEU Sails Through Strait of Hormuz

Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, stand watch aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21), Jan. 20, 2015, as the ship passes through the Strait of Hormuz. The 24th MEU is embarked on the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Todd F. Michalek)