FORT PICKETT, Va. - Marines from Easy Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, gather around a fire before a training event aboard Fort Pickett, Va., Dec. 7, 2010. Easy Co. conducted a mechanized assault, which employed multiple assets to include armored assault vehicles, artillery and mortars. The BLT is conducting pre-deployment training exercises for the next two weeks in preparation for an upcoming deployment in 2011. The 22nd MEU is a multi-mission capable force of 2,200 Marines and sailors and comprised of Aviation Combat Element, Marine Tilt Rotor Squadron 263 (Reinforced); Logistics Combat Element, Combat Logistics Battalion 22; Ground Combat Element, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment; and its command element. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John M. Raufmann)::r::::n::