U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jacob C. Stokes, a motor transport operator with the Logistics Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and native of Richmond, Virgina, maneuvers over an obstacle during physical conditioning on an endurance course as part of sustainment training at D’Arta Plage, Djibouti, Nov. 8. The 11th MEU is deployed as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by 1st Lt. Colleen B. McFadden/Released)