Nearly 40 Marines and sailors with Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Forces Command, take turns calling cadence during the battalion’s four-mile beach hike, April 8, at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Va. For some Marines, the hike was the very first since Marine Combat Training. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jessika Acosta/ RELEASED) Marines conduct beach hike enhancing unit morale, maintain combat readiness. 150408-M-ND733-662

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