160903-M-MK246-082 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (Sept. 3, 2016) Marines assigned to Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct fast rope training aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) Sept. 3, 2016. The 22nd MEU, deployed with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John A. Hamilton Jr.)