Cpl. Jack R. Masden, a Seattle native and truck driver with Headquarters and Support Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, stands by on the firing line during an M1014 shotgun shoot on the flight deck of multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan. (Photo by Cpl. Theodore Ritchie)

Lance Cpl. Joshua M. Blottenberger, a vehicle mechanic with Headquarters and Support Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Annapolis, Md., observes the sunrise while waiting to start an M1014 shotgun shoot on the flight deck. (Photo by Cpl. Theodore Ritchie)

Cpl. Dillon S. Drevdahl, a Beloit, Wis., native and truck driver with Headquarters and Support Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, aims down-range during an M1014 shotgun shoot. (Photo by Cpl. Theodore Ritchie)

Cpl. Daniel J. Balmer, a Harrisburg, Pa., native and vehicle mechanic with Headquarters and Support Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, engages training targets during an M1014 shotgun shoot. (Photo by Cpl. Theodore Ritchie)

Sgt. Samuel Cruz, right, from Las Cruces, N.M., a Combat Engineer with Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, shows a fellow Marine how to operate a generator on a forward operating base in the Middle East. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Luis Castillo)

Cpl. Jacob Gonzalez from Laredo, Texas and Cpl. Bryan Tyner from Jonesboro, Ariz., Combat Engineers with Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, fill sand bags to fortify a security post on a forward operating base. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Luis Castillo)

Marines with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct physical training. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Luis Castillo)

A landing craft utility leaves the well deck of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5). (Photo by Cpl. Justin Martinez)

A landing craft air cushion, from Assault Craft Unit 4, kicks up a wall of water before sliding into the well-deck of the amphibious transport dock USS Ponce (LPD 15) in the Red Sea. (Photo by Cpl. Justin Martinez)

A Marine with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit tosses a football near the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan during a swim call. (Photo by Cpl. Justin Martinez)

A USS Bataan Sailor jumps from the ship's hangar bay into the Gulf of Aqaba during swim call. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy L. Grisham)

Cpl. James R. Beil, a radio operator with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit and a native of Yorktown, Va., leaps off the well-deck gate of the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan for a swim call. (Photo by Cpl. Justin Martinez)

Cpl. Joshua M. Luth (left), a native of Dowagiac, Mich., and Cpl. James R. Beil, a native of Yorktown, Va., both with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, swim near the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan. (Photo by Cpl. Justin Martinez)