U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Shawn Ponterio, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) legal services specialist and native of Stafford, Va., is pinned to his current rank by Maj. Eric Montalvo, MEU staff judge advocate, during a promotion ceremony aboard the USS Bataan (LHD 5). The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)
<dl><dd>Unit: 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit</dd>
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Sgt. Austin Hazard
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