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A Marine from 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts an airfield seizure as part of the unit's semi-annual evaluation exercise, Feb, 11, 2008. Sailors and Marines from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex are conducting training off the coast of Okinawa, Japan.

EVALUATION EXERCISE

A Marine from 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts an airfield seizure as part of the unit's semi-annual evaluation exercise, Feb, 11, 2008. Sailors and Marines from the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex are conducting training off the coast of Okinawa, Japan.

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