AV-8B Harrier Takeoff USS Bataan

AV-8B Harrier Takeoff USS Bataan

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)