Sgt. Matthew G. Long is greeted by his girlfriend,

Sgt. Matthew G. Long is greeted by his girlfriend, Evangelyn Rubio Dec. 13, after a seven-month deployment with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. While deployed, the 15th MEU participated in more than 15 different theater security cooperation or bi-lateral exercises including combined arms and desert survival training with French forces in Djibouti, the Malaysia-US Amphibious Exercise, Combined Afloat Readiness and Training in Brunei, and more than 12 subject matter expert exchanges with partner nations throughout the Middle East. Long is a machine gunner with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. April L. Price/ Released)