11th MEU. Battalion Landing Team 3/1 Heavy Guns live fire.

Photos by Cpl. Tommy Huynh

Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/1 fire M240B machine guns during live-fire training April 24 aboard USS Pearl Harbor here. The team serves as the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is deployed as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, currently a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. The group is providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Lance Cpl. Anthony Acosta fires a M240B machine gun during live-fire training April 24 aboard USS Pearl Harbor here. The 22-year-old Phoenix native serves s as a mortarman for Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The unit is deployed as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, currently a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. The group is providing support for maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility.