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Recon Marines in Bold Alligator

Some of 2nd Recon Bn’s Amphibious Reconnaissance Marines doing their Amphib thing.  Bold Alligator is a multinational exercise hosted by the US, concentrating on littoral warfare.  Started in 2011, it has been held annually ever since, and involves as many as eleven allied countries conducting combined-arms littoral operations at Camp Lejeune, NC and Virginia. http://youtu.be/3R7FH-tR3sw […]

Some of 2nd Recon Bn’s Amphibious Reconnaissance Marines doing their Amphib thing.  Bold Alligator is a multinational exercise hosted by the US, concentrating on littoral warfare.  Started in 2011, it has been held annually ever since, and involves as many as eleven allied countries conducting combined-arms littoral operations at Camp Lejeune, NC and Virginia.

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http://youtu.be/3R7FH-tR3sw

This was likely done expressly for the cameras since it’s in broad daylight.  Ordinarily, the Recon bubbas will be going ashore under cover of darkness.

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