Marines with Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), assault through a smokescreen during a mechanized raid with soldiers from the Royal Army of Oman during Exercise Sea Soldier 2013 in Rabkut, Oman, April 29, 2013. The 26th MEU is currently deployed as part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. The 26th MEU operates continuously across the globe, providing the president and unified combatant commanders with a forward-deployed, sea-based quick reaction force. The MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response, and limited contingency operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released)