U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct an awards ceremony aboard USS New Orleans (LPD-18) March 9, 2014. The 13th MEU is deployed with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ammon W. Carter, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit Combat Camera/Released)