A U.S. Marine with the command element with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) plays with a loved one after arriving at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Nov. 4, 2013. The 26th MEU finished an eight-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility with the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, serving as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force.