Cpl. Reginald Chery,tank mechanic, tank platoon, Alpha Company, BLT 1/9, a translator for one of the assessment teams finds out who the key leaders are for the Saint Marc region of Haiti. Marines and Sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group conduct an assessment of St Marc, Haiti. These Marines and Sailors handed out Meals Ready to Eat and bottled water to the patients at the St Nicholas Hospital in St Marc. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt Andrew J Carlson) - Cpl. Reginald Chery,tank mechanic, tank platoon, Alpha Company, BLT 1/9, a translator for one of the assessment teams finds out who the key leaders are for the Saint Marc region of Haiti. Marines and Sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group conduct an assessment of St Marc, Haiti. These Marines and Sailors handed out Meals Ready to Eat and bottled water to the patients at the St Nicholas Hospital in St Marc. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt Andrew J Carlson)

Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast rope from a Ch-53E Super Stallion aboard USS Nassau's flight deck during the MEU's Composite Training Unit Exercise Oct. 29. The 24th MEU's COMPTUEX pre-deployment training integrates Marines and sailors of the USS Nassau Ready Group in preparation for its upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alex C. Guerra) - Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast rope from a Ch-53E Super Stallion aboard USS Nassau's flight deck during the MEU's Composite Training Unit Exercise Oct. 29. The 24th MEU's COMPTUEX pre-deployment training integrates Marines and sailors of the USS Nassau Ready Group in preparation for its upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alex C. Guerra)

Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion / 9th Marine Regiment Alpha Company 3rd Platoon, attached to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, perform dry runs before a live fire exercise in a shoot house at Camp Atterbury, IN September 25, 2009. This training, being held during the 24th MEU's Realistic Urban Training evolution, prepares the Marines for missions where they will have to enter and take control of buildings that may have enemy combatants in them while they are deployed with the 24th MEU. (US Marine Corps photo by Sgt Andrew J. Carlson) - Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion / 9th Marine Regiment Alpha Company 3rd Platoon, attached to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, perform dry runs before a live fire exercise in a shoot house at Camp Atterbury, IN September 25, 2009. This training, being held during the 24th MEU's Realistic Urban Training evolution, prepares the Marines for missions where they will have to enter and take control of buildings that may have enemy combatants in them while they are deployed with the 24th MEU. (US Marine Corps photo by Sgt Andrew J. Carlson)

Pfc. Tony J. Desselle, rifleman, 2nd platoon, Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, leads his Marines to a collection area as a MV-22 Osprey, from Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron -162, 24th MEU, takes flight after transporting Marines to a raid training facility at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Aug. 19, during the Heliborne Company Raid Course. Charlie Company trained with Special Operations Training Group to become the 24th MEU’s helo raid force for its upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alex C. Guerra) - Pfc. Tony J. Desselle, rifleman, 2nd platoon, Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, leads his Marines to a collection area as a MV-22 Osprey, from Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron -162, 24th MEU, takes flight after transporting Marines to a raid training facility at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Aug. 19, during the Heliborne Company Raid Course. Charlie Company trained with Special Operations Training Group to become the 24th MEU’s helo raid force for its upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alex C. Guerra)

Marines with BLT 1/9 and CLB-24`treat a simulated casualty during a mass casualty drill at Fort A.P. Hill Aug. 9, 2009. - Marines with BLT 1/9 and CLB-24`treat a simulated casualty during a mass casualty drill at Fort A.P. Hill Aug. 9, 2009.