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A USMC Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) comes ashore as the sun rises during Operation Bold Alligator 2012, a multinational military exercise involving 14,000 Marines, Sailors, Airmen, and Soldiers with more than 25 ships and 8 countries. AFP/Paul J. Richards
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French Army troops conduct urban environment combat in an artificial city after coming ashore during Operation Bold Alligator 2012, a multinational military exercise involving 14,000 Marines, Sailors, Airmen, and Soldiers with more than 25 ships and 8 countries. AFP/Paul J. Richards
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British Royal Marines Commando watch a video during Operation Bold Alligator 2012, a multinational military exercise involving 14,000 Marines, Sailors, Airmen, and Soldiers with more than 25 ships and 8 countries. AFP/Paul J. Richards
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A Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion Iron Horse (top) helo takes off from the deck of the USS Wasp (LHD-1) over a Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey during Operation Bold Alligator 2012. The multinational exercise involving 14,000 Marines, Sailors, Airmen, and Soldiers with more than 25 ships and 8 countries. AFP/Paul J. Richards
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George H Pastoor, MSc, a Lt. Cmdr in the Netherlands Navy, N5-Coalition Affairs Officer with Expeditionary Strike Group Two, details coalition invasion plans aboard the USS Wasp (LHD-1) during Operation Bold Alligator 2012. AFP/Paul J. Richards
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A United States Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) rolls off a LCAC hovercraft at the crack of dawn and comes ashore from the USS Kersarge (LHD-3) during Operation Bold Alligator 2012. The multinational exercise involves 14,000 Marines, Sailors, Airmen, and Soldiers with more than 25 ships and 8 countries. AFP/Paul J. Richards
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French equipment and troops come ashore via the new LCAT, a large transport catamaran during Operation Bold Alligator 2012, a multinational military exercise involving 14,000 Marines, Sailors, Airmen, and Soldiers with more than 25 ships and 8 countries. AFP Photo/Paul J. Richards
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Forward lookout, Seaman Opoku, calls in his sightings aboard the USS Wasp (LHD-1) during Operation Bold Alligator 2012, a multinational military exercise involving 14,000 Marines, Sailors, Airmen, and Soldiers with more than 25 ships and 8 countries. AFP/Paul J. Richards
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A Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion Iron Horse helo takes off from the deck of the USS Wasp (LHD-1) during Operation Bold Alligator 2012, a multinational exercise involving 14,000 Marines, Sailors, Airmen, and Soldiers with more than 25 ships and 8 countries. AFP/Paul J.
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US Marines march to board two board Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion Iron Horse helos (rear) aboard the USS Wasp (LHD-1) during Operation Bold Alligator 2012, a multinational exercise involving 14,000 Marines, Sailors, Airmen, and Soldiers with more than 25 ships and 8 countries. AFP /Paul J. Richards
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