(May 12, 2021) Landing Craft Utility 1661 returns to pick up Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) during CONTEX-PHIBEX, a bilateral amphibious exercise between the U.S. and Portuguese naval services, May 12, 2021. 24th MEU, embarked with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, is forward deployed in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by 1st Lt. Mark Andries)x