Saturday, May 12, 2012

South Bend and Mishawaka, Indiana; May 12, 2012


Cpls. Seth C. Carrier, right, and Daniel T. Conroy practice searching and scanning techniques with a surface-to-air missile launcher aboard USS Makin Island here May 11. Carrier, 23, hails from Springfield, Mass. Conroy, 21, hails from Boston. The Marines serve as low-altitude air-defense gunners with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 286 (Reinforced), the aviation combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit embarked the ship, as well as USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego Nov. 14, beginning a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific, Horn of Africa and Middle East regions.  USMC Photo by Lance Cpl. Claudia M. Palacios


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