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Sailors and Marines watch as a Marine AV-8B Harrier aircraft lands aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 23, 2008. The aircraft is part of Marine Attack Squadron 223, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is working together with sailors of the Essex Expeditionary Strike Group during their fall deployment.

HARRIER LANDING

Sailors and Marines watch as a Marine AV-8B Harrier aircraft lands aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 23, 2008. The aircraft is part of Marine Attack Squadron 223, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is working together with sailors of the Essex Expeditionary Strike Group during their fall deployment.

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