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U.S. Marines guide U.S. troops and civilians through amphibious assault vehicles aboard the USS Iwo Jima during Continuing Promise off the coast of Chiriqui Grande, Panama, Oct. 5, 2010. The exercise provides medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to residents of Caribbean and Central and South American nations. The Marines are assigned to Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion.

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U.S. Marines guide U.S. troops and civilians through amphibious assault vehicles aboard the USS Iwo Jima during Continuing Promise off the coast of Chiriqui Grande, Panama, Oct. 5, 2010. The exercise provides medical, dental, veterinary, engineering assistance and subject-matter exchanges to residents of Caribbean and Central and South American nations. The Marines are assigned to Alpha Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion.

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