U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), secure an intersection while U.S. Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicles drive into blocking positions during an amphibious assault exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 15, 2013. The MEU recently completed the Composite Training Unit Exercise in preparation for its scheduled 2014 deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations. (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; LPD 19; USS Mesa Verde; Charlie Company; United States Marine Corps; Corps; COMPTUEX; amphibious assault vehicle; Amphibious Ready Group; Composite Training Unit Exercise; 22d MEU; 6th Marine Regiment; AAVs; 1/6; 1st Battalion; 22nd MEU; 6th Marines; blocking positions</dd></dl>
Sgt. Austin Hazard
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