Lance Cpls. Paul Kaminsky and Colton Welker, machine gunners with Golf Company, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, search for potential threats as part of small-craft action team drill aboard the USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Sept. 15, 2014. The 11th MEU is deployed with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Evan R. White)