INDIAN OCEAN (July 21, 2015) U.S. Marines with Lima

INDIAN OCEAN (July 21, 2015) U.S. Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), receive magazines and ammo during a quick reaction force rehearsal aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Elements of the 15th MEU, based out of Camp Pendleton, California, and embarked aboard the Essex, are conducting naval operations in the 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anna Albrecht/Released)