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U.S. Marines and sailors deploy to the Phillippines aboard a KC-130J Hercules aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 11, 2013. The Marines are assigned to the 3rd Expeditionary Force.

U.S. Marines and sailors deploy to the Phillippines aboard a KC-130J Hercules aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 11, 2013. The Marines are assigned to the 3rd Expeditionary Force.

U.S. Marines and sailors deploy to the Phillippines aboard a KC-130J Hercules aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 11, 2013. The Marines are assigned to the 3rd Expeditionary Force.

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