1009158335D-249 PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 15, 2010) Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) embarked aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) practice shooting their M-14 carbines and M-16 rifles. Harpers Ferry, part of the permanently forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), is on patrol in the western Pacific Ocean participating in Valiant Shield 2010, an integrated joint-training exercise designed to enhance interoperability between forces. Navy

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