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A U.S. Marine looks out at the ocean during the early morning hours aboard the USS Iwo Jima during the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Expeditionary Strike Group Exercise, off the coast of Jacksonville, N.C., May 10, 2008.

EARLY MORNING

A U.S. Marine looks out at the ocean during the early morning hours aboard the USS Iwo Jima during the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Expeditionary Strike Group Exercise, off the coast of Jacksonville, N.C., May 10, 2008.

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