25mm M242 Bushmaster Machine Gun System Live Fire

Sailors assigned to the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) conduct a live-fire exercise while at sea, Feb. 5, 2013. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is aboard the Kearsarge conducting Composite Training Unit Exercise, the final phase of a six-month pre-deployment training program. The 26th MEU operates continuously across the globe, providing the president and unified combatant commanders with a forward-deployed, sea-based quick reaction force. The MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of conducting amph