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Japanese Middle Army Sgt. 1st Class Hideaki Nabeshima, right, inspects a pair of binoculars used by U.S. Marine forward observers from 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Nov. 15, 2007, during an exercise in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

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Japanese Middle Army Sgt. 1st Class Hideaki Nabeshima, right, inspects a pair of binoculars used by U.S. Marine forward observers from 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Nov. 15, 2007, during an exercise in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

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