Keywords: Cleared for Loading (6918916176).jpg Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion 2nd Marine Regiment 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit navigate the water before loading their Assault Amphibious Vehicle onto the USS New York March 29 before embarking upon a scheduled eight-month deployment The 24th MEU partnered with the Navy's Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group is deploying to the European and Central Command theaters of operation to serve as a theater reserve and crisis response force capable of a variety of missions from full-scale combat operations to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief U S Marine Corps photo by Cpl Michael Petersheim https //www flickr com/photos/marine_corps/6918916176/ Cleared for Loading 2012-03-29 12 44 https //www flickr com/people/40927340 N03 Marines from Arlington VA United States PD-USGov United States Marine Corps Official Page https //flickr com/photos/40927340 N03/6918916176 2016-09-03 23 31 57 United States Government Work Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune |