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A scout sniper team with Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire on targets during a training exercise aboard Stone Bay, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 15, 2011. The Marines and sailors of the 22nd MEU are currently deployed with Amphibious Squadron 6 aboard USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and will continue to conduct a series of progressively complex exercises designed to train and test the MEU’s ability to operate as a cohesive and effective Marine Air Ground Task Force. - A scout sniper team with Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire on targets during a training exercise aboard Stone Bay, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 15, 2011. The Marines and sailors of the 22nd MEU are currently deployed with Amphibious Squadron 6 aboard USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and will continue to conduct a series of progressively complex exercises designed to train and test the MEU’s ability to operate as a cohesive and effective Marine Air Ground Task Force.

Landing Craft Air Cushion 25 prepares to land aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune’s Onslow Beach during a training exercise with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, March 11, 2011. The Marines and sailors of the 22nd MEU are currently deployed with Amphibious Squadron 6 aboard USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and will continue to conduct a series of progressively complex exercises designed to train and test the MEU’s ability to operate as a cohesive and effective Marine Air Ground Task Force. - Landing Craft Air Cushion 25 prepares to land aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune’s Onslow Beach during a training exercise with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, March 11, 2011. The Marines and sailors of the 22nd MEU are currently deployed with Amphibious Squadron 6 aboard USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and will continue to conduct a series of progressively complex exercises designed to train and test the MEU’s ability to operate as a cohesive and effective Marine Air Ground Task Force.

Corporal Timothy Dorsey, a sensor surveillance operator with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, carefully covers surveillance equipment during an operational check aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 10, 2010. This equipment will survey areas of interest during the MEU's upcoming deployment. The Marine and sailors of the 22nd MEU are currently participating in their pre-deployment training program, which is a series of progressively complex exercises designed to train and test the MEU's ability to operate as a cohesive and effective Marine Air Ground Task Force. - Corporal Timothy Dorsey, a sensor surveillance operator with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, carefully covers surveillance equipment during an operational check aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 10, 2010. This equipment will survey areas of interest during the MEU's upcoming deployment. The Marine and sailors of the 22nd MEU are currently participating in their pre-deployment training program, which is a series of progressively complex exercises designed to train and test the MEU's ability to operate as a cohesive and effective Marine Air Ground Task Force.