U.S. Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), secure their water jugs to a Humvee in preparation for landing craft, air cushion operations, in the well deck of the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), at sea, May 27, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Cpl. Kyle N. Runnels/Released)