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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)

Former Marine and now U.S. Army chaplain, Capt. David Harvey, proudly displays an 11-year anniversary photograph in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Aug. 3, 2012, of he and his wife with Harvey showcasing his Marine Dress Blues. Harvey volunteered to provide chaplain services to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, while they conducted sustainment training in Kuwait. 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. - Former Marine and now U.S. Army chaplain, Capt. David Harvey, proudly displays an 11-year anniversary photograph in Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Aug. 3, 2012, of he and his wife with Harvey showcasing his Marine Dress Blues. Harvey volunteered to provide chaplain services to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, while they conducted sustainment training in Kuwait. 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.