11th MEU conducts defense drill aboard USS Portland in Pacific Ocean

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Orlando Crespo, a motor transportation Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sights in an M240B machine gun during a defense of the amphibious task force drill aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) in the Pacific Ocean, March 26, 2026. The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit is currently underway aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations demonstrating the United States’ long-term commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Luke Rodriguez)