US Marine Corps (USMC) personnel assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team gather around their armored Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) as they prepare to leave the beach on Iwo Jima and return to the Amphipious Dock Landing Ship USS HARPERS FERRY (LSD 49) (not shown). The HARPERS FERRY, along with the Amphibious Assault Ship USS ESSEX (LHD 2) and elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), are visiting Iwo Jima, Japan (JPN), to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the famous battle