Petty Officer 3rd Class Bernadette Mello checks identification and grants Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit permission to go ashore during a liberty period on USS Bataan (LHD-5) Sept. 11, 2016 at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia. Amphibious Squadron 8 (PHIBRON) and the MEU will be working together for PHIBRON-MEU Integrated Training (PMINT) to acclimate Marines and sailors to shipboard life for a deployment later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matthew Callahan)