French Mirage 2000D jet fighters perform a show of force across the port side of the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), at sea, Sept. 30, 2013. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas 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 photo by Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone, 26th MEU Combat Camera/Released)