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Caption:
Troops from 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and C Company, 1st
Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, roll off a high-speed, 313-foot
catamaran at the Del Mar boat basin on Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 30
as part of Millennium Challenge 2002. Once on the beach, the ground
troops simulated a convoy en route to Victorville, Calif., where
Twentynine Palms-based 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, continued
Millennium Challenge with an urban warfare exercise. Millennium
Challenge combines live field forces and computer simulations at 26
locations across the country in one of the largest, most-complex
military experiments in history. The exercise is meant to judge the
effectiveness of the force and progress in transforming the military to
meet the threats of the 21st century. (Photo by Lance Cpl. Jenn Nichols)
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