U.S. Marines • Crisis Response Air Operations • Arabian Gulf

U.S. Marines Crisis Response Air Operations

U.S. Marines assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command 20.2, conduct an air operations in support of maritime surface warfare exercise with United Arab Emirates Joint Aviation Command forces in the Arabian Gulf Aug. 11, 2020. Integration operations between UAE and U.S. maritime forces are regularly held to maintain interoperability and the capability to counter threats posed in the maritime domain, ensuring freedom of navigation and free flow of commerce throughout the region’s heavily trafficked waterways.