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A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air-Cushioned transports Marines of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's (Special Operations Capable) Tactical Recovery of Aircraft Personnel Platoon onto the beach on the coast of Djibouti, Africa, on April 26, 2005. The Marines are deployed aboard the landing dock USS Ashland (LSD 48).

A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air-Cushioned transports Marines.

A U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air-Cushioned transports Marines of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's (Special Operations Capable) Tactical Recovery of Aircraft Personnel Platoon onto the beach on the coast of Djibouti, Africa, on April 26, 2005. The Marines are deployed aboard the landing dock USS Ashland (LSD 48).

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