Major Mark T. Schnakenberg, staff judge advocate, 15th

Major Mark T. Schnakenberg, staff judge advocate, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, briefs the rules of engagement to Marines with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, in the hangar bay of the USS Peleliu, Dec. 7. Kilo Company will be going ashore to participate in a multilateral exercise with 15th MEU, French Foreign Legion, U.S. Army and Djiboutian military, titled Exercise Amitie. The 15th MEU is deployed as part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group as a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force, providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John Robbart III)