U.S. Marine Corps Col. Christopher D. Taylor, the commanding officer of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), welcomes French Air Force pilots aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Gulf of Aden Oct. 22, 2013. The 13th MEU was deployed with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.