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U.S. Marines approach the beach in their combat rubber raiding craft at Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 29, 2012. The Marines are assigned to Company A, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Marines were conducting a small boat raid during the MEU’s Amphibious Integration Training in preparation for Exercise Cobra Gold 2012.

BEACH ASSAULT

U.S. Marines approach the beach in their combat rubber raiding craft at Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 29, 2012. The Marines are assigned to Company A, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Marines were conducting a small boat raid during the MEU’s Amphibious Integration Training in preparation for Exercise Cobra Gold 2012.

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