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U.S. Marines clear a ship while conducting a joint visit, board, search, and seizure exercise during composite training unit exercise, or COMPTUEX, in the Atlantic Ocean, July 20, 2015.

U.S. Marines clear a ship while conducting a joint visit, board, search, and seizure exercise during composite training unit exercise, or COMPTUEX, in the Atlantic Ocean, July 20, 2015.

U.S. Marines clear a ship while conducting a joint visit, board, search, and seizure exercise during composite training unit exercise, or COMPTUEX, in the Atlantic Ocean, July 20, 2015.

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