111206-M-CR943-003 PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 6, 2011) Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team 3/1 of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU) shoot at silhouette targets aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). The unit embarked Makin Island, the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) in San Diego Nov. 14 to begin a seven-month deployment to the western Pacific and Middle East regions. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gene Allen Ainsworth III/Released) 111206-M-CR943-003 by #PACOM

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