U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Joseph Murphy, left, commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Joseph Murphy, left, commanding officer of Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and commander of troops aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), and Marines with Fox Co., wait to board an aircraft flying to the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) in support of Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) aboard the Oak Hill in the Atlantic Ocean, Nov. 16, 2017. COMPTUEX allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Predeployment Training Program objectives prior to an upcoming deployment at sea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dengrier M. Baez)