Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Zachery Stephens, attached

Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Zachery Stephens, attached to Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 1’s Bravo Company, secures Marine cargo aboard Improved Navy Lighterage System Causeway Ferry 17 during Exercise Pacific Horizon 2015. PH15 is a scenario-driven, simulation supported crisis response exercise designed to improve 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade's and Expeditionary Strike Group 3's interoperability and strengthen Navy-Marine Corps relationships by conducting an in-stream Maritime Prepositioning Force offload of equipment, by providing host country civil-military security assistance, and by conducting infrastructure restoration support. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Eric Chan/Released)