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ARABIAN SEA (June 16, 2014) U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Estevan Romero, Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), administrator and native of Tucson, Ariz., mans a twin-linked M2 machine gun and provides security as the USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) transits the Strait of Hormuz on its way to the Arabian Gulf. 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 Staff Sgt. Lukas Atwell/Released)

ARABIAN SEA (June 16, 2014) U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Estevan Romero, Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), administrator and native of Tucson, Ariz., mans a twin-linked M2 machine gun and provides security as the USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) transits the Strait of Hormuz on its way to the Arabian Gulf. 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 Staff Sgt. Lukas Atwell/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Lukas Atwell

ARABIAN GULF (Jun. 15, 2014) U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kenneth Sandoval, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) military police officer and native of Eagle Point, Ore., demonstrates proper search techniques to members of an evacuation control center (ECC) team during ECC training aboard the USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19). 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 Staff Sgt. Lukas Atwell/Released)

ARABIAN GULF (Jun. 15, 2014) U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kenneth Sandoval, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) military police officer and native of Eagle Point, Ore., demonstrates proper search techniques to members of an evacuation control center (ECC) team during ECC training aboard the USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19). 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 Staff Sgt. Lukas Atwell/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Lukas Atwell

ARABIAN GULF (Jun. 15, 2014) U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Linden Munro, left, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) military police officer and native of Athens, Ga., demonstrates proper metal detection search techniques to members of an entry control center (ECC) team during ECC training aboard the USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19). 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 Staff Sgt. Lukas Atwell/Released)

ARABIAN GULF (Jun. 15, 2014) U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Linden Munro, left, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) military police officer and native of Athens, Ga., demonstrates proper metal detection search techniques to members of an entry control center (ECC) team during ECC training aboard the USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19). 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 Staff Sgt. Lukas Atwell/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Lukas Atwell

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Wells, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), motorman and native of Owingsville, Ky., sets up his mortar tube aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 9, 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. Michael Wells, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), motorman and native of Owingsville, Ky., sets up his mortar tube aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 9, 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. Peter Gilchriest, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), squad automatic weapon gunner and native of Syracuse, N.Y., sights in during dry-fire drills aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 9, 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. Peter Gilchriest, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), squad automatic weapon gunner and native of Syracuse, N.Y., sights in during dry-fire drills aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 9, 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

ARABIAN GULF (Jun. 15, 2014) U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Ferdinand Babilonia, center, Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), supply chief and native of Camuy, Puerto Rico, briefs a simulated evacuation control center (ECC) scenario to an assembly of 22nd MEU ECC team members before conducting training aboard the USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19). 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 Staff Sgt. Lukas Atwell/Released)

ARABIAN GULF (Jun. 15, 2014) U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Ferdinand Babilonia, center, Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), supply chief and native of Camuy, Puerto Rico, briefs a simulated evacuation control center (ECC) scenario to an assembly of 22nd MEU ECC team members before conducting training aboard the USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19). 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 Staff Sgt. Lukas Atwell/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Lukas Atwell

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), practices a break-fall aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 9, 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)

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), practices a break-fall aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 9, 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. Alexander Baloh, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), rifleman and native of Detroit, practices a combat roll aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 9, 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. Alexander Baloh, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), rifleman and native of Detroit, practices a combat roll aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 9, 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 Cpl. James Dunn, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), squad leader and native of Charleston, W.Va., sights in during a dry-fire drill aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 9, 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 Cpl. James Dunn, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), squad leader and native of Charleston, W.Va., sights in during a dry-fire drill aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 9, 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. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sight in during dry-fire drills aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 9, 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. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sight in during dry-fire drills aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 9, 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

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), tapes up his target during a live-fire range aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 3, 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)

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), tapes up his target during a live-fire range aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 3, 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. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), perform movement to target drills during a live-fire range aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 3, 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. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), perform movement to target drills during a live-fire range aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 3, 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. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), perform movement to target drills during a live-fire range aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 3, 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. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), perform movement to target drills during a live-fire range aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 3, 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 Sgt. Alisa J. Helin

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), shoot from the kneeling during a live-fire range aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 3, 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. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), shoot from the kneeling during a live-fire range aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 3, 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

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sights in to his target during a live-fire range aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 3, 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)

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sights in to his target during a live-fire range aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 3, 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 Staff Sgt. Samuel Lynch, right, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), platoon sergeant and native of Hubert, N.C., waits to fire during a live-fire range aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 3, 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 Staff Sgt. Samuel Lynch, right, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), platoon sergeant and native of Hubert, N.C., waits to fire during a live-fire range aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 3, 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. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), hold a dry-fire range aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 2, 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 region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), hold a dry-fire range aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 2, 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 region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sight in from the kneeling aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 2, 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 region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sight in from the kneeling aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 2, 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 region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jerel Thompson, right, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), platoon sergeant and native of Tallahassee, Fla., gives a pre-range brief aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 2, 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 region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jerel Thompson, right, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), platoon sergeant and native of Tallahassee, Fla., gives a pre-range brief aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 2, 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 region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sight in from the kneeling aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 2, 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 region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sight in from the kneeling aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5), at sea, June 2, 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 region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Caleb McDonald