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U.S. Marines check their gear during a break in training in Turbo, Colombia, Oct. 10, 2011. The Marines are embarked aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak Hill, which is participating in Southern Partnership Station, an annual deployment of U.S. military training teams to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in the Caribbean and Latin America.

GEAR CHECK

U.S. Marines check their gear during a break in training in Turbo, Colombia, Oct. 10, 2011. The Marines are embarked aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak Hill, which is participating in Southern Partnership Station, an annual deployment of U.S. military training teams to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in the Caribbean and Latin America.

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