A U.S. Marine assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditonary Unit guides an M1A1 Abrams tank in the hangar bay aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima in the Arabian Sea July 9, 2012. Iwo Jima and the 24th MEU were deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.