ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 25, 2014) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuel) Reshad Hope, right, from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., speaks with President Barack Obama in the commanding officer's cabin aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7). With Hope are Command Master Chief William Mullinax, back left, from Green, S. C.; Iwo Jima commanding officer Dana Gordon, back right, from Columbia, S. C.; Master Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate Glen Newbins, purple shirt, left, from Compton, Calif.; Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate Jermane Dixon, purple shirt, right, from Indianapolis; and Iwo Jima executive officer James Midkiff, front, center, from Mount Eerie, N. C. Iwo Jima is deployed as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group, and with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) is deployed to support maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility.