AV-8B Harrier Takeoff USS Bataan

February 10, 2014 flight2000it

Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), take off from the flight deck of the USS Bataan (LHD 5) off the East Coast Nov. 7 and 9. The 22nd MEU is currently taking part in the Amphibious Ready Group (ARG)/MEU Exercise in preparation for its scheduled 2014 deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility with the Bataan ARG as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps motion imagery by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)