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Marines maneuver Light Armored Vehicles into a security perimeter during a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation exercise on Onslow Beach, at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Feb. 22, 2005. The Evacuation Operation exercise is part of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's certification as Special Operations Capable. The Marines are attached to the Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, 26th MEU.

Marines maneuver Light Armored Vehicles into a security perimeter.

Marines maneuver Light Armored Vehicles into a security perimeter during a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation exercise on Onslow Beach, at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Feb. 22, 2005. The Evacuation Operation exercise is part of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's certification as Special Operations Capable. The Marines are attached to the Light Armored Reconnaissance Platoon, 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, 26th MEU.

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