U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Saul Vazquez, center, Battalion

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Saul Vazquez, center, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), lance corporal symposium instructor and native of Hartford, Conn., leads a guided discussion about the importance of a properly worn combat load aboard the USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19), as part of Lance Corporal Symposium class 1-14. The 22nd MEU is deployed with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Lukas Atwell/Released)