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Marines with 2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provide ship security during Defense of Amphibious Task Force operations, April 20, 2012, as the ship sails through the Strait of Gibraltar. …
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A Marine with 2nd Platoon, Company B., Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, crawls through a watery ditch and under concertina wire during the Jungle Endurance Course here, April 20. After completing a two-week training evolution …
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A dust storm approaches a convoy of Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 en route to their forward operating base after a day of work on a road construction project in southern Helmand Province, Afghanistan. NMCB-11 is …
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Col. Mathew G. St. Clair, commanding officer of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, stands on the flight deck of the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) in a replica Marine uniform wore in the War of 1812. Wasp …
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  A boat flies out of the back of a C-17 Globemaster III April 9, 2012, over the ocean surrounding Naval Base Guam during a five-day mission to fly, execute airdrops, and foster joint service and international operability in the Pacific …
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