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U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3) Sept. 24, 2010, while under way in the Philippine Sea. The Marines are from the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) which is on patrol in the western Pacific Ocean. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin, U.S. Navy/Released)