Corporal Jesse Clark, Lance Cpl. Adam Sandoe and Lance Cpl. Mitchell Karels, all with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, enjoy items in their Hero Boxes as 26th MEU Marines and sailors with USS Kearsarge open Hero Boxes in the main mess deck aboard USS Kearsarge, Jan. 2, 2010.

26th MEU is deployed aboard the ships of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility and acting as the theater reserve force.

By USMC GySgt Bryce Piper, 26th MEU