U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) hold the American flag to commemorate the Fourth of July during their 2013 deployment on the flight deck of the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) at sea, July 4, 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 photograph by Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone, 26th MEU Combat Camera)

Below are all the images of the Marines and Sailors celebrating Independence Day aboard the USS Kearsarge at sea.
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