Cpl. Arturo Chavez, left, assigned to the 24th Marine

Cpl. Arturo Chavez, left, assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary, embarked aboard multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima's (LHD 7), plays a game with a student from the Regional Institute for Active Learning while participating in a community relations event a port visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain. Iwo Jima, the flagship of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group with the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Scott Youngblood)