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U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), quickly form a security parameter after arriving at the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) National Training Center, Israel, in support of an amphibious assault exercise, March 10, 2014, as part of Exercise Noble Shirley 2014. Noble Shirley is a recurring, scheduled bilateral training exercise with the IDF. The MEU is deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations. - U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), quickly form a security parameter after arriving at the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) National Training Center, Israel, in support of an amphibious assault exercise, March 10, 2014, as part of Exercise Noble Shirley 2014. Noble Shirley is a recurring, scheduled bilateral training exercise with the IDF. The MEU is deployed to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations.

Cpl. Gernard Rathbun, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit armorer, treads water in the training pool at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., for annual swim qualification April 5, 2013. The unit is constantly training to maintain a high state of readiness. (Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released) - Cpl. Gernard Rathbun, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit armorer, treads water in the training pool at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., for annual swim qualification April 5, 2013. The unit is constantly training to maintain a high state of readiness. (Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)

Sgt. Miguel Diaz, a Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa combat engineer, practices patrolling with a role player portraying a soldier of an African partner nation during the unit's mission rehearsal exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 12, 2012. The four-day exercise simulated situations the Marines and sailors may encounter during their deployment, such as language barriers, requests for supplies and local illnesses. (Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released) - Sgt. Miguel Diaz, a Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa combat engineer, practices patrolling with a role player portraying a soldier of an African partner nation during the unit's mission rehearsal exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 12, 2012. The four-day exercise simulated situations the Marines and sailors may encounter during their deployment, such as language barriers, requests for supplies and local illnesses. (Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)