191218-M-ZX256-1001 STRAIT OF HORMUZ (Dec. 18, 2019) A Marine with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, posts security alongside a Sailor assigned to expeditionary sea base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) during a transit of the Strait of Hormuz, Dec. 18, 2019. The SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a quick reaction force, prepared to deploy a variety of capabilities across the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kyle C. Talbot/Released)