Cpls. Joshua W. Frederick, left, and Gavin S. Reed

Cpls. Joshua W. Frederick, left, and Gavin S. Reed practice drill movements during formal noncommissioned officer leadership training aboard USS Makin Island here May 9. Frederick, a 24-year-old Moss Bluff, La., native, serves as a forward observer with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s command element. Reed, a 24-year-old Zemple, Minn., native, serves as a supply administrative clerk with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element for the unit. The unit embarked the amphibious assault ship, as well as USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego Nov. 14, beginning a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific, Horn of Africa and Middle East regions.