Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/1’s color guard, march off the Colors during a Guadalcanal memorial ceremony off the Island’s coast while aboard USS Green Bay, Sept. 10. Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element, fought on that island during WWII as part of 1st Marine Division’s six month stand against Imperial Japan. The 13th MEU is deployed with Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, also providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo By Cpl. Christopher O’Quin/ Released) - Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/1’s color guard, march off the Colors during a Guadalcanal memorial ceremony off the Island’s coast while aboard USS Green Bay, Sept. 10. Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element, fought on that island during WWII as part of 1st Marine Division’s six month stand against Imperial Japan. The 13th MEU is deployed with Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, also providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo By Cpl. Christopher O’Quin/ Released)

Sgt. Darrell L. Wisseman, senior intelligence analyst with Headquarters and Service Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), shows a Raven Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to Maj. Gen. Rick Burr, commander of 1st Division, Australian Army, during a Theater Security Cooperation event aboard the USS Green Bay (LPD-20), Sept. 2, 2011. The 13th MEU is deployed with Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, also providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo By Cpl. Christopher O’Quin/ Released) - Sgt. Darrell L. Wisseman, senior intelligence analyst with Headquarters and Service Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), shows a Raven Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to Maj. Gen. Rick Burr, commander of 1st Division, Australian Army, during a Theater Security Cooperation event aboard the USS Green Bay (LPD-20), Sept. 2, 2011. The 13th MEU is deployed with Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, also providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.(Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo By Cpl. Christopher O’Quin/ Released)

Marines from Tank Platoon, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, perform daily maintenance on one of their M1-A1 Abrams Main Battle tanks while aboard the USS Green Bay, March 11, 2011. The Marines perform this maintenance to prevent salty and moist air from corroding the metal on the tanks. The ship has the capability of storing a variety of vehicles and cargo such as tanks, amphibious assault vehicles and quadcons.::r::::n::(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher O’Quin)(Released)::r::::n:: - Marines from Tank Platoon, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, perform daily maintenance on one of their M1-A1 Abrams Main Battle tanks while aboard the USS Green Bay, March 11, 2011. The Marines perform this maintenance to prevent salty and moist air from corroding the metal on the tanks. The ship has the capability of storing a variety of vehicles and cargo such as tanks, amphibious assault vehicles and quadcons.::r::::n::(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher O’Quin)(Released)::r::::n::