Portside Watch
Lance Corporal Mohamad Jrad, a low-altitude air defense gunner with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, surveys the shores of Morocco aboard the USS New York, at sea, Dec. 25, 2014. Jrad was part of a defensive posture for the ship as it sailed through the Strait of Gibraltar on its way into the Mediterranean Sea. The Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group/24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Todd F. Michalek). Original public domain image from Flickr