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Marines with VMM-162 (reinforced) reunited with friends and family at the Marine Corps Air Station New River Aug. 11. The Marines returned from a seven month deployment with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Marines with VMM-162 (reinforced) reunited with friends and family at the Marine Corps Air Station New River Aug. 11. The Marines returned from a seven month deployment with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua R. Whitehead

Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrive and unload on Camp Lejeune's Onslow Beach, August 11. The Marines are returning from an seven month deployment. ::r::::n::

Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrive and unload on Camp Lejeune's Onslow Beach, August 11. The Marines are returning from an seven month deployment. ::r::::n::

Photo by Lance Cpl. Michael J. Petershmeim

Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrive and unload on Camp Lejeune's Onslow Beach, August 11. The Marines are returning from an seven month deployment. ::r::::n::

Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrive and unload on Camp Lejeune's Onslow Beach, August 11. The Marines are returning from an seven month deployment. ::r::::n::

Photo by Lance Cpl Michael J. Petershmeim

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit landed at Onslow Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., on a Landing Craft Air-Cusion, Aug. 11, 2010. The Marines returned from a seven month deployment with the USS Ashland.

Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit landed at Onslow Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., on a Landing Craft Air-Cusion, Aug. 11, 2010. The Marines returned from a seven month deployment with the USS Ashland.

Photo by Cpl. Katherine Keleher

Corporals of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit perform a Vessel Board Search and Seizure exercise as their culminating field operation during a Corporal's Course aboard USS Nassau, Aug. 6. The course began July 12, and will end Aug. 9. This was an effort to maintain the field training operations implemented in a Corporal's Course. Due to the lack of ability to go to the field this was the best way for them to get the training. These Marines embarked upon USS Nassau approximately seven months ago and will be arriving home shortly. This course will send them back to their parent commands well prepared and ready to take on the next level as a Marine.

Corporals of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit perform a Vessel Board Search and Seizure exercise as their culminating field operation during a Corporal's Course aboard USS Nassau, Aug. 6. The course began July 12, and will end Aug. 9. This was an effort to maintain the field training operations implemented in a Corporal's Course. Due to the lack of ability to go to the field this was the best way for them to get the training. These Marines embarked upon USS Nassau approximately seven months ago and will be arriving home shortly. This course will send them back to their parent commands well prepared and ready to take on the next level as a Marine.

Photo by Cpl. David Beall

Corporals of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit perform a Vessel Board Search and Seizure exercise as their culminating field operation during a Corporal's Course aboard USS Nassau, Aug. 6. The course began July 12, and will end Aug. 9. This was an effort to maintain the field training operations implemented in a Corporal's Course. Due to the lack of ability to go to the field this was the best way for them to get the training. These Marines embarked upon USS Nassau approximately seven months ago and will be arriving home shortly. This course will send them back to their parent commands well prepared and ready to take on the next level as a Marine.

Corporals of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit perform a Vessel Board Search and Seizure exercise as their culminating field operation during a Corporal's Course aboard USS Nassau, Aug. 6. The course began July 12, and will end Aug. 9. This was an effort to maintain the field training operations implemented in a Corporal's Course. Due to the lack of ability to go to the field this was the best way for them to get the training. These Marines embarked upon USS Nassau approximately seven months ago and will be arriving home shortly. This course will send them back to their parent commands well prepared and ready to take on the next level as a Marine.

Photo by Cpl. David Beall

Corporals of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit perform a Vessel Board Search and Seizure exercise as their culminating field operation during a Corporal's Course aboard USS Nassau, Aug. 6. The course began July 12, and will end Aug. 9. This was an effort to maintain the field training operations implemented in a Corporal's Course. Due to the lack of ability to go to the field this was the best way for them to get the training. These Marines embarked upon USS Nassau approximately seven months ago and will be arriving home shortly. This course will send them back to their parent commands well prepared and ready to take on the next level as a Marine.

Corporals of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit perform a Vessel Board Search and Seizure exercise as their culminating field operation during a Corporal's Course aboard USS Nassau, Aug. 6. The course began July 12, and will end Aug. 9. This was an effort to maintain the field training operations implemented in a Corporal's Course. Due to the lack of ability to go to the field this was the best way for them to get the training. These Marines embarked upon USS Nassau approximately seven months ago and will be arriving home shortly. This course will send them back to their parent commands well prepared and ready to take on the next level as a Marine.

Photo by Cpl. David Beall

Corporals of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit perform a Vessel Board Search and Seizure exercise as their culminating field operation during a Corporal's Course aboard USS Nassau, Aug. 6. The course began July 12, and will end Aug. 9. This was an effort to maintain the field training operations implemented in a Corporal's Course. Due to the lack of ability to go to the field this was the best way for them to get the training. These Marines embarked upon USS Nassau approximately seven months ago and will be arriving home shortly. This course will send them back to their parent commands well prepared and ready to take on the next level as a Marine.

Corporals of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit perform a Vessel Board Search and Seizure exercise as their culminating field operation during a Corporal's Course aboard USS Nassau, Aug. 6. The course began July 12, and will end Aug. 9. This was an effort to maintain the field training operations implemented in a Corporal's Course. Due to the lack of ability to go to the field this was the best way for them to get the training. These Marines embarked upon USS Nassau approximately seven months ago and will be arriving home shortly. This course will send them back to their parent commands well prepared and ready to take on the next level as a Marine.

Photo by Cpl. David Beall

Corporals of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit perform a Vessel Board Search and Seizure exercise as their culminating field operation during a Corporal's Course aboard USS Nassau, Aug. 6. The course began July 12, and will end Aug. 9. This was an effort to maintain the field training operations implemented in a Corporal's Course. Due to the lack of ability to go to the field this was the best way for them to get the training. These Marines embarked upon USS Nassau approximately seven months ago and will be arriving home shortly. This course will send them back to their parent commands well prepared and ready to take on the next level as a Marine.

Corporals of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit perform a Vessel Board Search and Seizure exercise as their culminating field operation during a Corporal's Course aboard USS Nassau, Aug. 6. The course began July 12, and will end Aug. 9. This was an effort to maintain the field training operations implemented in a Corporal's Course. Due to the lack of ability to go to the field this was the best way for them to get the training. These Marines embarked upon USS Nassau approximately seven months ago and will be arriving home shortly. This course will send them back to their parent commands well prepared and ready to take on the next level as a Marine.

Photo by Cpl. David Beall

Corporals of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit perform a Vessel Board Search and Seizure exercise as their culminating field operation during a Corporal's Course aboard USS Nassau, Aug. 6. The course began July 12, and will end Aug. 9. This was an effort to maintain the field training operations implemented in a Corporal's Course. Due to the lack of ability to go to the field this was the best way for them to get the training. These Marines embarked upon USS Nassau approximately seven months ago and will be arriving home shortly. This course will send them back to their parent commands well prepared and ready to take on the next level as a Marine.

Corporals of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit perform a Vessel Board Search and Seizure exercise as their culminating field operation during a Corporal's Course aboard USS Nassau, Aug. 6. The course began July 12, and will end Aug. 9. This was an effort to maintain the field training operations implemented in a Corporal's Course. Due to the lack of ability to go to the field this was the best way for them to get the training. These Marines embarked upon USS Nassau approximately seven months ago and will be arriving home shortly. This course will send them back to their parent commands well prepared and ready to take on the next level as a Marine.

Photo by Cpl. David Beall

Corporals of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit perform a Vessel Board Search and Seizure exercise as their culminating field operation during a Corporal's Course aboard USS Nassau, Aug. 6. The course began July 12, and will end Aug. 9. This was an effort to maintain the field training operations implemented in a Corporal's Course. Due to the lack of ability to go to the field this was the best way for them to get the training. These Marines embarked upon USS Nassau approximately seven months ago and will be arriving home shortly. This course will send them back to their parent commands well prepared and ready to take on the next level as a Marine.

Corporals of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit perform a Vessel Board Search and Seizure exercise as their culminating field operation during a Corporal's Course aboard USS Nassau, Aug. 6. The course began July 12, and will end Aug. 9. This was an effort to maintain the field training operations implemented in a Corporal's Course. Due to the lack of ability to go to the field this was the best way for them to get the training. These Marines embarked upon USS Nassau approximately seven months ago and will be arriving home shortly. This course will send them back to their parent commands well prepared and ready to take on the next level as a Marine.

Photo by Cpl. David Beall

Marines and Sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and USS Nassau check back in from liberty in the hangar bay of USS Nassau after spending the day on Mahe Island, Seychelles, June 28, 2010. Marines and sailors were required to check out before leaving the ship then check back in with their liberty buddy to ensure each service member was accounted for while on liberty. Each service member had their identification card scanned and logged into a computer database on the ship. Marines and sailors assigned to USS Nassau participated in a four-day liberty port call at Mahe, Seychelles, after 159 days at sea. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl David Beall)

Marines and Sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and USS Nassau check back in from liberty in the hangar bay of USS Nassau after spending the day on Mahe Island, Seychelles, June 28, 2010. Marines and sailors were required to check out before leaving the ship then check back in with their liberty buddy to ensure each service member was accounted for while on liberty. Each service member had their identification card scanned and logged into a computer database on the ship. Marines and sailors assigned to USS Nassau participated in a four-day liberty port call at Mahe, Seychelles, after 159 days at sea. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl David Beall)

Photo by Lance Cpl. David Beall

USS Nassau anchors off the east coast of Mahe Island, Seychelles, during a liberty port call June 25-28, 2010. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and sailors assigned to the ship and Amphibious Squadron 8 participated in the liberty stop after 159 days at sea. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Maj Keith Parrella)

USS Nassau anchors off the east coast of Mahe Island, Seychelles, during a liberty port call June 25-28, 2010. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and sailors assigned to the ship and Amphibious Squadron 8 participated in the liberty stop after 159 days at sea. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Maj Keith Parrella)

Photo by Capt Robert Shuford

1st Platoon, Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment poses for a photo with a company of the French Army during a bilateral training exercise in Djibouti, Africa from May 25, 2010. There has been a continued effort to conduct such exercises between units of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the French Army during the 24th MEU's deployment to the Central Command area of operations. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group as the theater reserve for Central Command. The MEU is an expeditionary force capable of execting a variety of missions from full scale combat operations to humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sean D. Ross.)

1st Platoon, Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment poses for a photo with a company of the French Army during a bilateral training exercise in Djibouti, Africa from May 25, 2010. There has been a continued effort to conduct such exercises between units of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the French Army during the 24th MEU's deployment to the Central Command area of operations. The 24th MEU is deployed with the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group as the theater reserve for Central Command. The MEU is an expeditionary force capable of execting a variety of missions from full scale combat operations to humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sean D. Ross.)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Sean D. Ross

LCpl. Christopher Fernandez, 20, of Miami, Fla., learns about the French army's FAMAS assault weapon during a bi-lateral training exercise between the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the French Army in Djibouti, Africa, May 25, 2010. These bi-lateral training exercises have been a continuos effort to enhance relationships between the two militaries since the 24th MEU arrived in the Central Command area of operations in late Febuary where they serve with the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group as the theater reserve. The MEU is an expeditionary force capable of rapid deployment to a variety of missions from full-scale combat operations to humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sean D. Ross.)

LCpl. Christopher Fernandez, 20, of Miami, Fla., learns about the French army's FAMAS assault weapon during a bi-lateral training exercise between the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the French Army in Djibouti, Africa, May 25, 2010. These bi-lateral training exercises have been a continuos effort to enhance relationships between the two militaries since the 24th MEU arrived in the Central Command area of operations in late Febuary where they serve with the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group as the theater reserve. The MEU is an expeditionary force capable of rapid deployment to a variety of missions from full-scale combat operations to humanitarian assistance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sean D. Ross.)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Sean D. Ross

Marine Corps cannon crewmen, Bravo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit endure unforgiving heat as they fire more than 200 rounds from their M777 A2 155 mm Howitzers during an artillery live fire range. This is only one of several training exercises the Marines of the 24th MEU have completed during their deployment throughout the Middle East.

Marine Corps cannon crewmen, Bravo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit endure unforgiving heat as they fire more than 200 rounds from their M777 A2 155 mm Howitzers during an artillery live fire range. This is only one of several training exercises the Marines of the 24th MEU have completed during their deployment throughout the Middle East.

Photo by Lance Cpl. David Beall

Marine Corps cannon crewmen, Bravo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit endure unforgiving heat as they fire more than 200 rounds from their M777 A2 155 mm Howitzers during an artillery live fire range. This is only one of several training exercises the Marines of the 24th MEU have completed during their deployment throughout the Middle East.

Marine Corps cannon crewmen, Bravo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit endure unforgiving heat as they fire more than 200 rounds from their M777 A2 155 mm Howitzers during an artillery live fire range. This is only one of several training exercises the Marines of the 24th MEU have completed during their deployment throughout the Middle East.

Photo by Lance Cpl. David Beall

Marine Corps cannon crewmen, Bravo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit endure unforgiving heat as they fire more than 200 rounds from their M777 A2 155 mm Howitzers during an artillery live fire range. This is only one of several training exercises the Marines of the 24th MEU have completed during their deployment throughout the Middle East.

Marine Corps cannon crewmen, Bravo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit endure unforgiving heat as they fire more than 200 rounds from their M777 A2 155 mm Howitzers during an artillery live fire range. This is only one of several training exercises the Marines of the 24th MEU have completed during their deployment throughout the Middle East.

Photo by Lance Cpl. David Beall

The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Force Reconnaissance team poses with their trophy after earning first place in the 2nd Annual Warrior Competition hosted by King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) in Jordan May 9, 2010. A team from the Force Reconnaissance Platoon and a team from the Battalion Recon Platoon competed in various relays against Special Forces units from foreign countries, testing their communication, marksmanship and team work. The 24th MEU is currently on a seven-month deployment with the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group, and is currently serving as the theatre reserve force for Central Command. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alex C Sauceda)::r::::n::::r::::n::

The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Force Reconnaissance team poses with their trophy after earning first place in the 2nd Annual Warrior Competition hosted by King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) in Jordan May 9, 2010. A team from the Force Reconnaissance Platoon and a team from the Battalion Recon Platoon competed in various relays against Special Forces units from foreign countries, testing their communication, marksmanship and team work. The 24th MEU is currently on a seven-month deployment with the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group, and is currently serving as the theatre reserve force for Central Command. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alex C Sauceda)::r::::n::::r::::n::

Photo by Sgt. Alex Sauceda

The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Reconnaissance team poses with their trophies after earning third place in the 2nd Annual Warrior Competition hosted by King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) in Jordan May 9, 2010. The Force Reconnaissance team, long with a team from the battalion reconnaissance platoon from Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn, 9th Marine Regt, (both assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit)competed in various relays against Special Forces units from foreign countries, testing their communication, marksmanship and team work. The 24th MEU is currently on a seven-month deployment with the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group, and is currently serving as the theatre reserve force for Central Command. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alex C Sauceda)::r::::n::::r::::n::

The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Reconnaissance team poses with their trophies after earning third place in the 2nd Annual Warrior Competition hosted by King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) in Jordan May 9, 2010. The Force Reconnaissance team, long with a team from the battalion reconnaissance platoon from Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn, 9th Marine Regt, (both assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit)competed in various relays against Special Forces units from foreign countries, testing their communication, marksmanship and team work. The 24th MEU is currently on a seven-month deployment with the Nassau Amphibious Ready Group, and is currently serving as the theatre reserve force for Central Command. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alex C Sauceda)::r::::n::::r::::n::

Photo by Sgt. Alex Sauceda