Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Wendell Tabios shakes hands with Hospital Corpsman Chief Petty Officer Emmanuel B. Essienete, senior enlisted leader, both with Command Element, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, during an award ceremony held in the ship's medical facility, April 20. The 15th MEU is deployed as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group and is comprised of approximately 2,400 Marines and sailors. Together with Amphibious Squadron Three, they provide a forward-deployed, flexible sea-based Marine Air Ground Task Force capable of conducting a wide variety of operations ranging from humanitarian aid to combat. Tabios, 36, is from Cavite, Philippines, and Essienete, 35, is from Los Angeles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John Robbart III/Released)