Newly promoted Sgt. Travis J. Scott, combat engineer,

Newly promoted Sgt. Travis J. Scott, combat engineer, Combat Engineer Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, receives his promotion warrant from 1st Lt. Kyle P. McCarley, his platoon commander, after being promoted to his present rank on the flight deck of the USS Peleliu, March 1. 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. Scott, 28, is from New Paltz, N.Y. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John Robbart III/Released)