Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Louis A. Huerta, Headquarters and Service Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, shakes hands with Capt. Braxton Mashburn, his commanding officer, after receiving his Fleet Marine Force qualification on the flight deck of the USS Peleliu, March 1. The 15th MEU is deployed as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. Huerta, 22, is from Edinburg, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John Robbart III/Released)