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Combat rubber raiding craft boats steer away from the dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry after being launched as part of Spring Patrol 2008 near Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 1, 2008.

SPRING PATROL

Combat rubber raiding craft boats steer away from the dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry after being launched as part of Spring Patrol 2008 near Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 1, 2008.

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