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A U.S. Marine provides security while his teammates remove diving gear during an amphibious insertion onto a beach in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, Sept. 1, 2013. The Marines are assigned to Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

A U.S. Marine provides security while his teammates remove diving gear during an amphibious insertion onto a beach in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, Sept. 1, 2013. The Marines are assigned to Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

A U.S. Marine provides security while his teammates remove diving gear during an amphibious insertion onto a beach in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, Sept. 1, 2013. The Marines are assigned to Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

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