ABOARD THE KEARSARGE — U.S. Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit perform maintenance on a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter prior to flight operations onboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge in the Mediterranean Sea, April 18, 2005. The unit is currently embarked aboard the Kearsarge, which is on scheduled deployment in support of the global war on terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Christopher J. Newsome