Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion,

Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), ride in the turret of a light armored vehicle (LAV) moving toward their objective as part of a multi-objective mechanized and motorized raid conducted during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 20, 2014. COMPTUEX provides the 11th MEU, along with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, the opportunity to conduct command and control of amphibious operations from the sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Rome M. Lazarus/Released)