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U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 28, 2014) U.S. Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) compete in a game of basketball inside the hangar bay. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/Released)

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 28, 2014) U.S. Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) compete in a game of basketball inside the hangar bay. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 28, 2014) U.S. Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) compete in a game of basketball inside the hangar bay. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/Released)

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 28, 2014) U.S. Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) compete in a game of basketball inside the hangar bay. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 28, 2014) U.S. Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) compete in a game of basketball inside the hangar bay. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/Released)

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 28, 2014) U.S. Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Sailors aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) compete in a game of basketball inside the hangar bay. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 27, 2014) U.S. Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and U.S. Navy Sailors with the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) sort cargo and mail as an MH-60S Seahawk with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9 (HSC 9) drops off more pallets during a replenishment at sea aboard the Mesa Verde. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/Released)

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 27, 2014) U.S. Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and U.S. Navy Sailors with the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) sort cargo and mail as an MH-60S Seahawk with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9 (HSC 9) drops off more pallets during a replenishment at sea aboard the Mesa Verde. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 27, 2014) U.S. Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and U.S. Navy Sailors with the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) sort cargo and mail as an MH-60S Seahawk with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9 (HSC 9) lifts more pallets from the USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO 188) during a replenishment at sea aboard the Mesa Verde. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/Released)

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 27, 2014) U.S. Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and U.S. Navy Sailors with the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) sort cargo and mail as an MH-60S Seahawk with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9 (HSC 9) lifts more pallets from the USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO 188) during a replenishment at sea aboard the Mesa Verde. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 27, 2014) U.S. Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) combat cargo section move cargo as an MH-60S Seahawk with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9 (HSC 9) drops several pallets onto the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) during a replenishment at sea. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/Released)

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 27, 2014) U.S. Marines with 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) combat cargo section move cargo as an MH-60S Seahawk with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9 (HSC 9) drops several pallets onto the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) during a replenishment at sea. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 27, 2014) U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) combat cargo section prepare to move cargo as an MH-60S Seahawk with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9 (HSC 9) drops several pallets onto the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) during a replenishment at sea. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/ Released)

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 27, 2014) U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) combat cargo section prepare to move cargo as an MH-60S Seahawk with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9 (HSC 9) drops several pallets onto the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) during a replenishment at sea. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/ Released)

Photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada

U.S. FIFTH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 28, 2014) U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Billy Yon, Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), motor transportation maintenance chief for the USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) and native of Wewahitchka, Fla., carries off a damaged Humvee steering gear. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)

U.S. FIFTH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 28, 2014) U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Billy Yon, Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), motor transportation maintenance chief for the USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) and native of Wewahitchka, Fla., carries off a damaged Humvee steering gear. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard

U.S. FIFTH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 28, 2014) U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Billy Yon, Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), motor transportation maintenance chief for the USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) and native of Wewahitchka, Fla., inspects a Humvee engine. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)

U.S. FIFTH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 28, 2014) U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Billy Yon, Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), motor transportation maintenance chief for the USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) and native of Wewahitchka, Fla., inspects a Humvee engine. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard

U.S. FIFTH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 28, 2014) U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Billy Yon, Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), motor transportation maintenance chief for the USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) and native of Wewahitchka, Fla., and Cpl. Adam Roberts, CLB-22 motor transportation mechanic and native of Brookline, Mass., inspect a Humvee engine. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)

U.S. FIFTH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 28, 2014) U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Billy Yon, Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), motor transportation maintenance chief for the USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44) and native of Wewahitchka, Fla., and Cpl. Adam Roberts, CLB-22 motor transportation mechanic and native of Brookline, Mass., inspect a Humvee engine. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard

U.S. FIFTH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 28, 2014) U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Adam Roberts, Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), motor transportation mechanic and native of Brookline, Mass., replaces a Humvee steering gear. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)

U.S. FIFTH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 28, 2014) U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Adam Roberts, Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), motor transportation mechanic and native of Brookline, Mass., replaces a Humvee steering gear. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Alberto Reategui, right, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), ask Maj. Gen. Raymond Fox, II Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general, a question during a command visit aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 17, 2017. Elements of the 22nd MEU, embarked aboard Bataan, are operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to augment U.S. Crisis Response forces in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Alberto Reategui, right, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), ask Maj. Gen. Raymond Fox, II Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general, a question during a command visit aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 17, 2017. Elements of the 22nd MEU, embarked aboard Bataan, are operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to augment U.S. Crisis Response forces in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald

U.S. Navy Corpsman with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) hands out cake for the 116th Navy Corpsman birthday celebration aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 17, 2014. Elements of the 22nd MEU, embarked aboard Bataan, are operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to augment U.S. Crisis Response forces in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

U.S. Navy Corpsman with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) hands out cake for the 116th Navy Corpsman birthday celebration aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 17, 2014. Elements of the 22nd MEU, embarked aboard Bataan, are operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to augment U.S. Crisis Response forces in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Justin lee, right, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, line corpsman, cuts a birthday cake with Hospitalman Senior Chief Tommy Guest, USS Bataan (LHD 5) for the 116th Navy Corpsman birthday celebration aboard the Bataan, at sea, June 17, 2014. Elements of the 22nd MEU, embarked aboard Bataan, are operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to augment U.S. Crisis Response forces in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Justin lee, right, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, line corpsman, cuts a birthday cake with Hospitalman Senior Chief Tommy Guest, USS Bataan (LHD 5) for the 116th Navy Corpsman birthday celebration aboard the Bataan, at sea, June 17, 2014. Elements of the 22nd MEU, embarked aboard Bataan, are operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to augment U.S. Crisis Response forces in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Raymond Fox, II Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general, speaks with Marines and Sailors of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) during a command visit aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 17, 2017. Elements of the 22nd MEU, embarked aboard Bataan, are operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to augment U.S. Crisis Response forces in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Raymond Fox, II Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general, speaks with Marines and Sailors of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) during a command visit aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 17, 2017. Elements of the 22nd MEU, embarked aboard Bataan, are operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to augment U.S. Crisis Response forces in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Paul Merida, commanding officer, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), reads his guest-of-honor speech for the 116th Navy Corpsman birthday celebration aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 17, 2014. Elements of the 22nd MEU, embarked aboard Bataan, are operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to augment U.S. Crisis Response forces in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Paul Merida, commanding officer, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), reads his guest-of-honor speech for the 116th Navy Corpsman birthday celebration aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 17, 2014. Elements of the 22nd MEU, embarked aboard Bataan, are operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to augment U.S. Crisis Response forces in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Adam Manche, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), helps move goods during a replenishment at sea aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 17, 2014. Elements of the 22nd MEU, embarked aboard Bataan, are operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to augment U.S. Crisis Response forces in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Adam Manche, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), helps move goods during a replenishment at sea aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 17, 2014. Elements of the 22nd MEU, embarked aboard Bataan, are operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to augment U.S. Crisis Response forces in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald

U.S. Navy Senior Chief Hospitalman Reagen Robinson, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) senior enlisted medical representative and native of Roxana, Ill., is pinned with his enlisted service warfare pin aboard USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 26, 2014. Elements of the 22nd MEU, embarked aboard Bataan, are operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to augment U.S. Crisis Response forces in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alisa J. Helin/Released)

U.S. Navy Senior Chief Hospitalman Reagen Robinson, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) senior enlisted medical representative and native of Roxana, Ill., is pinned with his enlisted service warfare pin aboard USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 26, 2014. Elements of the 22nd MEU, embarked aboard Bataan, are operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to augment U.S. Crisis Response forces in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alisa J. Helin/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Alisa J. Helin

U.S. Navy Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate Junior Ashwood, right, pins Senior Chief Hospitalman Reagen Robinson, left, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) senior enlisted medical representative and native of Roxana, Ill., with his enlisted surface warfare pin aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 26, 2014. Elements of the 22nd MEU, embarked aboard Bataan, are operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to augment U.S. Crisis Response forces in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alisa J. Helin/Released)

U.S. Navy Master Chief Boatswain’s Mate Junior Ashwood, right, pins Senior Chief Hospitalman Reagen Robinson, left, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) senior enlisted medical representative and native of Roxana, Ill., with his enlisted surface warfare pin aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 26, 2014. Elements of the 22nd MEU, embarked aboard Bataan, are operating in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to augment U.S. Crisis Response forces in the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alisa J. Helin/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald

United States Marine Corps; USMC; 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit; 22nd MEU; Deployment; USS Bataan (LHD 5); Deployed; Amphibious Ready Group; ARG; Corpsman; preventative medicine technician; ESWS; enlisted service warfare pin; senior chief; petty officer; master chief;

United States Marine Corps; USMC; 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit; 22nd MEU; Deployment; USS Bataan (LHD 5); Deployed; Amphibious Ready Group; ARG; Corpsman; preventative medicine technician; ESWS; enlisted service warfare pin; senior chief; petty officer; master chief;

Photo by Sgt. Alisa Helin