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A Marine in camouflage lays in a field during an exercise.

Readiness Exercise

Marine Corps Pfc. Lee Reh provides security during a readiness exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 27, 2022. The exercise is designed to validate worldwide crisis-response capabilities and demonstrate deployment readiness.

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