Keywords: US Navy 040706-N-7586B-077 Fireman Alexandre Petitfrere mans a .50 cal machine gun while standing a force protection watch aboard a Landing Craft Utility LCU from the amphibious assault ship USS Belleau Wood LHA 3.jpg en North Arabian Gulf July 6 2004 Fireman Alexandre Petitfrere mans a 50 cal machine gun while standing a force protection watch aboard a Landing Craft Utility LCU from the amphibious assault ship USS Belleau Wood LHA 3 Belleau Wood s Expeditionary Strike Group ESG-3 is transporting Marines support vehicles and heavy armor to the beach in Kuwait ESG-3 provides fleet and joint force commanders with a readily available configurable force capable of projecting power from the sea U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 1st Class Bart A Bauer RELEASED 2004-07-06 040706-N-7586B-077 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 15865 U S Navy photo by Photographer s Mate 1st Class Bart A Bauer PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States Navy in the Persian Gulf Aboard USS Belleau Wood LHA-3 Browning M2 of the US Navy |