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Marines walk away from a blasting cap demonstration
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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Dakota W. Dodd, right, hikes
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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Kizer and Cpl. Daniel
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U.S. Marines with Task Force Koa Moana 16.2, celebrate
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U.S. Marine Corps Col. Vincent Ciuccoli, commanding
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Marines provide suppressing fire using M240D medium
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U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Paul Rock Jr., commanding
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Lance Cpl. Joshua Johnson and Lance Cpl. Cory Masat
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Cpl. Preston G. Thompson organizes a group of U.S.
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A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II with Marine
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U.S. Marines with Task Force Koa Moana, fire non-lethal
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U.S. Marines with Task Force Koa Moana and the Papua
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U.S. and Republic of Korea Marines play soccer during
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A Marine posts security as his platoon halts during
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Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members
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Okinawa first-responders discuss entry and exit points
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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Daniel C. Sanchez, left,
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Sgt. Corey A. Jones inspects Sgt. 1st Class Leon P.
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Veterans visit Foster, share experiences
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Children from the local community participate in a
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Capt. Lauren F. Reisinger poses her recently awarded
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Navy Lt. Kevan Q. Lim walks down the stone stairway
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A YUM Champions Club Award is displayed April 3 at
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Misa Sakurabayashi, far right, speaks with members
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Typhoon Neoguri’s winds knocked down trees July 8-9
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Brig. Gen. Paul J. Kennedy, right, addresses an audience
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Shinji Inoue sits in an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft
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U.S. Navy Lt. Matthew Heathman receives a gift of
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U.S. Airmen from Joint Task Force 505 unload humanitarian
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U.S. Service members from Joint Task Force 505 stand
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Lance Cpl. James Voith provides security in a trench
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