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U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Christian Appleman, company first sergeant of Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and senior enlisted advisor of troops aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), leads a career-oriented professional military education class during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 30, 2017. Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Christian Appleman, company first sergeant of Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and senior enlisted advisor of troops aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), leads a career-oriented professional military education class during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 30, 2017. Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier Baez

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Christian Appleman, company first sergeant of Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and senior enlisted advisor of troops aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), leads a career-oriented professional military education class during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 30, 2017. Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Christian Appleman, company first sergeant of Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and senior enlisted advisor of troops aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), leads a career-oriented professional military education class during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 30, 2017. Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier Baez

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Christian Appleman, company first sergeant of Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and senior enlisted advisor of troops aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), leads a career-oriented professional military education class during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 30, 2017. Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Christian Appleman, company first sergeant of Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and senior enlisted advisor of troops aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), leads a career-oriented professional military education class during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 30, 2017. Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier Baez

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Christian Appleman, company first sergeant of Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and senior enlisted advisor of troops aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), leads a career-oriented professional military education class during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 30, 2017. Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Christian Appleman, company first sergeant of Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and senior enlisted advisor of troops aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), leads a career-oriented professional military education class during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 30, 2017. Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier Baez

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), attend a career-oriented professional military education class aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 30, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 30, 2017. Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), attend a career-oriented professional military education class aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 30, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 30, 2017. Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier Baez

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cesar Acevedo, left, a radio operator with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stands before a noncommissioned officer promotion panel aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composited Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cesar Acevedo, left, a radio operator with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stands before a noncommissioned officer promotion panel aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composited Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stands before a noncommisioned officer promotion panel aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stands before a noncommisioned officer promotion panel aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cesar Acevedo, left, a radio operator with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stands before a noncommissioned officer promotion panel aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composited Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cesar Acevedo, left, a radio operator with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stands before a noncommissioned officer promotion panel aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composited Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), participate in the question and answer portion of a noncommissioned officer promotion board aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), participate in the question and answer portion of a noncommissioned officer promotion board aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), participates in the question and answer portion of a noncommissioned officer promotion board aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), participates in the question and answer portion of a noncommissioned officer promotion board aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), vote during a noncommissioned officer promotion panel aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), vote during a noncommissioned officer promotion panel aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stand before a noncommisioned officer promotion panel aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stand before a noncommisioned officer promotion panel aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Jorge Hernandez, a hospital corpsman with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stands in formation to receive a meritorious mast award aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean , Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Jorge Hernandez, a hospital corpsman with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), stands in formation to receive a meritorious mast award aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean , Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier Baez

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Jorge Hernandez, a hospital corpsman with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), receives a meritorious mast award aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean , Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Jorge Hernandez, a hospital corpsman with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), receives a meritorious mast award aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean , Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier Baez

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Jorge Hernandez, a hospital corpsman with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), receives a meritorious mast award aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean , Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Jorge Hernandez, a hospital corpsman with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), receives a meritorious mast award aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean , Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier Baez

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Jorge Hernandez,right, a hospital corpsman with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is congratulated after receiving a meritorious mast award aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean , Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Jorge Hernandez,right, a hospital corpsman with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is congratulated after receiving a meritorious mast award aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean , Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier Baez

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Jorge Hernandez, a hospital corpsman with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), marches during a formation aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Jorge Hernandez, a hospital corpsman with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), marches during a formation aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier Baez

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Sailors assigned to the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) participate in a live-fire drill in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 30, 2017, as part of Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Sailors assigned to the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) participate in a live-fire drill in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 30, 2017, as part of Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier Baez

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Sailors assigned to the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) participate in a live-fire drill in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 30, 2017, as part of Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Sailors assigned to the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) participate in a live-fire drill in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 30, 2017, as part of Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier Baez

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Sailors assigned to the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) participate in a live-fire drill in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 30, 2017, as part of Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Sailors assigned to the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) participate in a live-fire drill in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 30, 2017, as part of Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier Baez