A Marine with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit from Camp Pendleton, California, armed with an M16A2 rifle prepares to conduct an early morning boat raid as a pre-emptive strike against enemy forces before a large amphibious assault by the 11th MEU slated for later in the day at Pacific Missle Range Facility, Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii, during RIMPAC 96. The amphibious assault involved Navy and Marine air, ground and sea forces for training as a combined amphibious assault force