A 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Maritime Raid Force Marine prepares to break contact and swim in the ocean during an amphibious insertion in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility, Aug. 5, 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 photo by Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone, 26th MEU Combat Camera/Released)