INDIAN OCEAN (July 23, 2015) - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl.

INDIAN OCEAN (July 23, 2015) - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Casey Dawes, left, and Lance Cpl. Derale Burrius perform maintenance checks with their radios on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2). Dawes and Burrius are radio operators with Headquarters and Support Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). 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)