U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response prepare to depart from Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, July 26, 2014, to provide support to a military-assisted departure of approximately 150 people from the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya.
The U.S. Department of Defense, at the request of the U.S. Department of State, authorized U.S. Service members to support in the evacuation of U.S. Embassy personnel from Libya. (DoD photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin, U.S. Marine Corps/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr