Marines and Sailors with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, bid their families and friends farewell as they prepare to deploy from Marine Corps Base Hawaii to Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 09, 2017. The battalion is deploying under the Unit Deployment Program to participate in bilateral and multinational exercises to enhance combat readiness and to continue to prepare the unit as a ground combat element of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. ( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kathy Nunez)

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