U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Matt Blackmon, center, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fire team leader and native of Winston-Salem, N.C., stands at attention while being promoted to his current rank during a meritorious promotion ceremony aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44). 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>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit; 22MEU; USMC; pinning; United States Marine Corps; promotion ceremony; 22d MEU; corporal; 6th Marine Regiment; Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion; amphibious dock landing ship; USS Gunston Hall (LSD 44); 22nd MEU; BLT 1/6; Cpl.; meritorious promotion</dd></dl>
Sgt. Austin Hazard
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