11th MEU conducts marksmanship training aboard USS Comstock in Indian Ocean

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Damien Phillips, center, a squad leader with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, demonstrates the course of fire prior to marksmanship training aboard Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45) in the Indian Ocean, May 9, 2026. The 11th MEU, embarked aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is a persistent, combat credible force contributing to deterrence and crisis response in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Oliver Nisbet)