Marine Corps Cpl. Andrew Manning, Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), administration noncommissioned officer in charge and native of Kinston, , participates in the "United Through Reading" program by recording himself reading to his child aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19). The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout Central Command and the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/Released) M

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Marine Corps Cpl. Andrew Manning, Combat Logistics Battalion 22, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), administration noncommissioned officer in charge and native of Kinston, , participates in the "United Through Reading" program by recording himself reading to his child aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19). The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout Central Command and the 5th Fleet area of responsibility. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/Released) Mesa Verde Marine read to his child half a world away 140706-M-MX805-038

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