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U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 24 sit in the back of an amphibious assault vehicle before conducting an amphibious assault rehearsal with Marines from 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion on a beach in Salinas, Peru, on July 11, 2010. The Marines are embarked aboard the transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in support of Partnership of the Americas/Southern Exchange, a combined amphibious exercise with maritime forces from Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia.

U.S. Marines sit in the back of an amphibious assault vehicle.

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 24 sit in the back of an amphibious assault vehicle before conducting an amphibious assault rehearsal with Marines from 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion on a beach in Salinas, Peru, on July 11, 2010. The Marines are embarked aboard the transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in support of Partnership of the Americas/Southern Exchange, a combined amphibious exercise with maritime forces from Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia.

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