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Cpl. Joshua Brooks, a machine gunner from Petoskey, Mich., with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M-2 .50 cal. machine gun, Aug. 12, 2012, on Udairi Range, Kuwait. The Marines are in Kuwait as part of a 24th MEU sustainment training package. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. - Cpl. Joshua Brooks, a machine gunner from Petoskey, Mich., with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M-2 .50 cal. machine gun, Aug. 12, 2012, on Udairi Range, Kuwait. The Marines are in Kuwait as part of a 24th MEU sustainment training package. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provide security after assaulting a beachhead during an amphibious training raid in Djibouti, Aug. 15, 2012. Elements of the 24th MEU are operating in and around Djibouti, taking part in and coordinating various unilateral exercises and bilateral events with foreign militaries. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force in support of U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility. - Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provide security after assaulting a beachhead during an amphibious training raid in Djibouti, Aug. 15, 2012. Elements of the 24th MEU are operating in and around Djibouti, taking part in and coordinating various unilateral exercises and bilateral events with foreign militaries. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force in support of U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, move to their firing positions prior to conducting a multiple target, live-fire range on the flight deck of USS Iwo Jima, Aug. 19, 2012. The Marines conduct various live fire ranges while underway to keep their skills sharp during deployment. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve force for U.S. Central Command and is providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility. - Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, move to their firing positions prior to conducting a multiple target, live-fire range on the flight deck of USS Iwo Jima, Aug. 19, 2012. The Marines conduct various live fire ranges while underway to keep their skills sharp during deployment. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve force for U.S. Central Command and is providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait (July 22, 2012) U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, use a rapid ground refueling system from an MV-22 Osprey to refuel an M1A1 Abrams tank from the 24th MEU's Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment at Udairi Range in Kuwait, July 22, 2012. The Marines are in Kuwait as part of a 24th MEU sustainment training package. The 24th MEU, along with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, is deployed to the U.S Central Command area of operations as a theater reserve and crisis response force, providing support for maritime security and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein/Released) - CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait (July 22, 2012) U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, use a rapid ground refueling system from an MV-22 Osprey to refuel an M1A1 Abrams tank from the 24th MEU's Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment at Udairi Range in Kuwait, July 22, 2012. The Marines are in Kuwait as part of a 24th MEU sustainment training package. The 24th MEU, along with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, is deployed to the U.S Central Command area of operations as a theater reserve and crisis response force, providing support for maritime security and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Richard Blumenstein/Released)

UGANDA - Soldiers with the Uganda People's Defense Force move forward with weapons at the ready as a training team of U.S. Marines coaches them in small unit tactics and marksmanship. The Uganda forces are expecting to participate in the African Union Mission in Somalia. The Marines are made up of members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 12. (Photo provided by 1stLt. Herman Davis, USMC) - UGANDA - Soldiers with the Uganda People's Defense Force move forward with weapons at the ready as a training team of U.S. Marines coaches them in small unit tactics and marksmanship. The Uganda forces are expecting to participate in the African Union Mission in Somalia. The Marines are made up of members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 12. (Photo provided by 1stLt. Herman Davis, USMC)

Marines with 24th Marines Expeditionary Unit grab some chow on the flight deck of the USS New York during a steel beach picnic, July 29, 2012, to commemorate the halfway point of their 8-month deployment. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. - Marines with 24th Marines Expeditionary Unit grab some chow on the flight deck of the USS New York during a steel beach picnic, July 29, 2012, to commemorate the halfway point of their 8-month deployment. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, shoot M-16 rifles while training with the Engagement Skills Trainer 2000, Aug. 10, 2012, on Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The Marines are in Kuwait as part of a 24th MEU sustainment training package. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. - Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, shoot M-16 rifles while training with the Engagement Skills Trainer 2000, Aug. 10, 2012, on Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The Marines are in Kuwait as part of a 24th MEU sustainment training package. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Cpl. Diego Melendez, a logistics specialist and Camden, N.J., native with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M-2 .50 cal. machine gun, Aug. 12, 2012, on Udairi Range, Kuwait. The Marines are in Kuwait as part of a 24th MEU sustainment training package. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. - Cpl. Diego Melendez, a logistics specialist and Camden, N.J., native with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M-2 .50 cal. machine gun, Aug. 12, 2012, on Udairi Range, Kuwait. The Marines are in Kuwait as part of a 24th MEU sustainment training package. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy - Marines assigned to the Joint Task Force Enabler detachment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, pose for a group photo in front of their equipment at Naval Air Station Sigonella where they are currently deployed supporting commercial and military internet and telephone services for 24th MEU Marines conducting exercises ashore throughout the European and Central Command theaters of operation. From their location in Italy, the JTFE provides communications services to the other elements of the MEU using satellite terminals and connections that reach across the world to locations as far away as Jordan, Kuwait, and Djibouti. (Photo courtesy of the Joint Task Force Enabler detachment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit) - NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy - Marines assigned to the Joint Task Force Enabler detachment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, pose for a group photo in front of their equipment at Naval Air Station Sigonella where they are currently deployed supporting commercial and military internet and telephone services for 24th MEU Marines conducting exercises ashore throughout the European and Central Command theaters of operation. From their location in Italy, the JTFE provides communications services to the other elements of the MEU using satellite terminals and connections that reach across the world to locations as far away as Jordan, Kuwait, and Djibouti. (Photo courtesy of the Joint Task Force Enabler detachment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit)