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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)

A motorman from 81mm Motar Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, seeks cover from small-arms fire from insurgent role-players in a counterinsurgency training exercise at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind. during the 24th MEU’s Realistic Urban Training exercise Sept. 27. RUT is a pre-deployment training exercise designed to simulate urban fighting environments that are both challenging and unfamiliar to the Marines of the 24th MEU. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alex C. Guerra) - A motorman from 81mm Motar Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, seeks cover from small-arms fire from insurgent role-players in a counterinsurgency training exercise at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind. during the 24th MEU’s Realistic Urban Training exercise Sept. 27. RUT is a pre-deployment training exercise designed to simulate urban fighting environments that are both challenging and unfamiliar to the Marines of the 24th MEU. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alex C. Guerra)