U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), launch high explosive mortar rounds during a live-fire exercise as part of sustainment training at D’Arta Plage, Djibouti, Nov. 5. Marines from the 11th MEU are deployed as a flexible, adaptable and persistent force in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Rome M. Lazarus/Released)