PACIFIC OCEAN, Calif., – A Marine with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Maritime Raid Force waits aboard the USS San Diego (LPD-22) to load on to a rigid haul inflatable boat to conduct a vessel board search and seizure mission during PHIBRON-MEU Integration, April 7, 2017. VBSS missions are conducted on hostile vessels to capture high value individuals along with collect intelligence to aid future missions. The 15th MEU undergoes demanding unit-level certification in order to be proficient in rapidly mobilize people and equipment to make the amphibious forces postured to respond to any mis

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PACIFIC OCEAN, Calif., – A Marine with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Maritime Raid Force waits aboard the USS San Diego (LPD-22) to load on to a rigid haul inflatable boat to conduct a vessel board search and seizure mission during PHIBRON-MEU Integration, April 7, 2017. VBSS missions are conducted on hostile vessels to capture high value individuals along with collect intelligence to aid future missions. The 15th MEU undergoes demanding unit-level certification in order to be proficient in rapidly mobilize people and equipment to make the amphibious forces postured to respond to any mission. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Timothy Valero)

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