U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Daniel Rivera, right, amphibious

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Daniel Rivera, right, amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) Combat Cargo platoon sergeant and native of Okeechobee, Fla., and Cpl. Kenneth Sandoval, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) military police officer and native of Eagle Point, Ore., spar with mokuju, or wooden practice bayonets, as part of a MCMAP course aboard the USS Mesa Verde. 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 Cpl. Manuel A. Estrada/Released)