The USNS Big Horn refuels the USS New York during the initial days of her maiden deployment, March 30, 2012. The USS New York is part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, which is carrying 2,300 Marines of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the European and Central Command theaters of operation. The ARG/MEU team serves as a theater reserve and crisis response force capable of a variety of missions from full-scale combat operations to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.