MV-22B Night Landing on USS Kearsarge

An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tilt-rotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), lands aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), during nighttime flight operations at sea, June 27, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air Ground Task Force forward deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps motion media by Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone, 26th MEU Combat Camera/Released).