151225-M-WC184-888 GULF OF ADEN (Dec. 25, 2015) Lt. Cmdr. Richard Smith, left, executive officer of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), with the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group (KSGARG) and Marine Maj. Brooke Speers, executive officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU), cut the turkey to be served during the Christmas dinner aboard Arlington in the Gulf of Aden, Dec. 25, 2015. The 26th MEU is embarked on the KSGARG and is deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Long)