LA SPEZIA, Italy -- Marines and Sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group observe the landscape here, after the ship pulled into port, April 23, 2012. The 24th MEU, along with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, is currently deployed as a theater reserve and crisis response force capable of a variety of missions from full-scale combat operations to humanitarian service and disaster relief. (Official Marine Corps photo by 2nd Lt. Joshua W. Larson) 24th MEU deployment 2012 120423-M-FR139-007

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