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Lance Cpl. Tayevion Edwards, a forward observer with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Cleveland native, poses for a photo outside the MEU's command post aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 11, 2013. Edwards embarked with the 26th MEU during its deployment in the Fifth and Sixth Fleet areas of operation. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua W. Brown/Released)

Lance Cpl. Tayevion Edwards, a forward observer with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Cleveland native, poses for a photo outside the MEU's command post aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 11, 2013. Edwards embarked with the 26th MEU during its deployment in the Fifth and Sixth Fleet areas of operation. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua W. Brown/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua W.Brown

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tayevion Edwards, a forward observer with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), updates information on a board outside the logitics office aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 11, 2013. Edwards work as a forward observer involves targetting and planning long-range battery and mortar strikes that provide support during combat operations.(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua W. Brown/Released)

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Tayevion Edwards, a forward observer with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), updates information on a board outside the logitics office aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 11, 2013. Edwards work as a forward observer involves targetting and planning long-range battery and mortar strikes that provide support during combat operations.(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua W. Brown/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua W.Brown

Sgt. Xavier Velez, a data systems specialist with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Terryville, Conn., native, poses for a photo outside of the MEU's command post aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 11, 2013. Velez deployed for eight-months with the MEU in the Fifth and Sixth Fleet areas of operation. He was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his accomplishments and contributions to mission success throughout the duration of the deployment.

Sgt. Xavier Velez, a data systems specialist with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Terryville, Conn., native, poses for a photo outside of the MEU's command post aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 11, 2013. Velez deployed for eight-months with the MEU in the Fifth and Sixth Fleet areas of operation. He was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his accomplishments and contributions to mission success throughout the duration of the deployment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua W.Brown

U.S. Marine Sgt. Xavier Velez, a data systems specialist with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), a Terryville, Conn., native, maintains a network in the MEU's command post, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 10, 2013. Velez's contributions helped maintain the MEU's data capabilities during their 2013 deployment which assisted in task completion and mission success. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua W. Brown/Released)

U.S. Marine Sgt. Xavier Velez, a data systems specialist with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), a Terryville, Conn., native, maintains a network in the MEU's command post, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 10, 2013. Velez's contributions helped maintain the MEU's data capabilities during their 2013 deployment which assisted in task completion and mission success. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua W. Brown/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua W.Brown

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takes off from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 5, 2013. This was the final flight during a deployment for the UH-1N model as the Marine Corps transitions to the UH-1Y. The 26th MEU finished their eight month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels/Released)

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takes off from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 5, 2013. This was the final flight during a deployment for the UH-1N model as the Marine Corps transitions to the UH-1Y. The 26th MEU finished their eight month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takes off from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 5, 2013. This was the final flight during a deployment for the UH-1N model as the Marine Corps transitions to the UH-1Y. The 26th MEU finished their eight month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels/Released)

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takes off from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 5, 2013. This was the final flight during a deployment for the UH-1N model as the Marine Corps transitions to the UH-1Y. The 26th MEU finished their eight month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels

Senior leadership of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrive aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., aboard a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th MEU, Nov. 5, 2013. This was the final flight during a deployment for the UH-1N model as the Marine Corps transitions to the UH-1Y. The 26th MEU finished their eight month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels/Released)

Senior leadership of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrive aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., aboard a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th MEU, Nov. 5, 2013. This was the final flight during a deployment for the UH-1N model as the Marine Corps transitions to the UH-1Y. The 26th MEU finished their eight month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels

Senior leadership of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrive aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., aboard a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th MEU, Nov. 5, 2013. This was the final flight during a deployment for the UH-1N model as the Marine Corps transitions to the UH-1Y. The 26th MEU finished their eight month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels/Released)

Senior leadership of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrive aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., aboard a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th MEU, Nov. 5, 2013. This was the final flight during a deployment for the UH-1N model as the Marine Corps transitions to the UH-1Y. The 26th MEU finished their eight month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels

Senior leadership of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrive aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., aboard a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th MEU, Nov. 5, 2013. This was the final flight during a deployment for the UH-1N model as the Marine Corps transitions to the UH-1Y. The 26th MEU finished their eight month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels/Released)

Senior leadership of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), arrive aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., aboard a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th MEU, Nov. 5, 2013. This was the final flight during a deployment for the UH-1N model as the Marine Corps transitions to the UH-1Y. The 26th MEU finished their eight month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares to land aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 5, 2013. This was the final flight during a deployment for the UH-1N model as the Marine Corps transitions to the UH-1Y. The 26th MEU finished their eight month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels/Released)

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares to land aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 5, 2013. This was the final flight during a deployment for the UH-1N model as the Marine Corps transitions to the UH-1Y. The 26th MEU finished their eight month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard T. Tryon, commanding general of Marine Forces Command, watches as a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), lands aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 5, 2013. This was the final flight during a deployment for the UH-1N model as the Marine Corps transitions to the UH-1Y. The 26th MEU finished their eight month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard T. Tryon, commanding general of Marine Forces Command, watches as a U.S. Marine Corps UH-1N Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), lands aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 5, 2013. This was the final flight during a deployment for the UH-1N model as the Marine Corps transitions to the UH-1Y. The 26th MEU finished their eight month deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels

U.S. Marine Cpl. Randy Kelly, a combat engineer, from Hammond, Ind., assigned to Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is greeted by his girlfriend during a homecoming reception ending an eight-month deployment with the 26th MEU aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 4, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua W. Brown/Released)

U.S. Marine Cpl. Randy Kelly, a combat engineer, from Hammond, Ind., assigned to Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is greeted by his girlfriend during a homecoming reception ending an eight-month deployment with the 26th MEU aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 4, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua W. Brown/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua W. Brown

U.S. Marines assigned to Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), walk their AAVs to their vehicle ramp at Camp Lejeune, N.C., coming home to the United States after an eight month deployment Nov. 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released)

U.S. Marines assigned to Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), walk their AAVs to their vehicle ramp at Camp Lejeune, N.C., coming home to the United States after an eight month deployment Nov. 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett

U.S. Marines assigned to Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), drive their AAVs through Camp Lejeune, N.C., coming home to the United States after an eight month deployment Nov. 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released)

U.S. Marines assigned to Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), drive their AAVs through Camp Lejeune, N.C., coming home to the United States after an eight month deployment Nov. 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett

U.S. Marines assigned to Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), drive their AAVs through Camp Lejeune, N.C., coming home to the United States after an eight month deployment Nov. 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released)

U.S. Marines assigned to Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), drive their AAVs through Camp Lejeune, N.C., coming home to the United States after an eight month deployment Nov. 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett

U.S. Marines assigned to Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), drive their AAVs through Camp Lejeune, N.C., coming home to the United States after an eight month deployment Nov. 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released)

U.S. Marines assigned to Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), drive their AAVs through Camp Lejeune, N.C., coming home to the United States after an eight month deployment Nov. 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett

U.S. Marines assigned to Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), drive their AAVs through Camp Lejeune, N.C., coming home to the United States after an eight month deployment Nov. 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released)

U.S. Marines assigned to Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), drive their AAVs through Camp Lejeune, N.C., coming home to the United States after an eight month deployment Nov. 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett

U.S. Marines assigned to Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), watch from the flight deck of the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) as the Marines and vehicles of Amphibious Assault Vehicle Platoon conduct an amphibious landing at Camp Lejeune, N.C., coming home to the United States after an eight month deployment Nov. 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released)

U.S. Marines assigned to Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), watch from the flight deck of the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) as the Marines and vehicles of Amphibious Assault Vehicle Platoon conduct an amphibious landing at Camp Lejeune, N.C., coming home to the United States after an eight month deployment Nov. 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett

U.S. Marines assigned to Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), look at the beach of Camp Lejeune, minutes before they launched their AAVs from the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), coming home to the United States after an eight month deployment Nov. 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released)

U.S. Marines assigned to Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), look at the beach of Camp Lejeune, minutes before they launched their AAVs from the USS Carter Hall (LSD 50), coming home to the United States after an eight month deployment Nov. 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett

U.S. Marine Cpl. Juan Gardea, a warehouse clerk, from Los Angeles, assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) embraces his wife at the 26th MEU Headquarters after returning from an eight-month deployment with the 26th MEU aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua W. Brown/Released)

U.S. Marine Cpl. Juan Gardea, a warehouse clerk, from Los Angeles, assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) embraces his wife at the 26th MEU Headquarters after returning from an eight-month deployment with the 26th MEU aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 3, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force returning home from being forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group. They served as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua W. Brown/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua W. Brown