U.S. Navy Hospitalman Jorge Hernandez,right, a hospital

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Jorge Hernandez,right, a hospital corpsman with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is congratulated after receiving a meritorious mast award aboard the dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in the Atlantic Ocean , Nov. 28, 2017, during Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX). Combined 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)