PHOTO OF THE DAY

PHOTO OF THE DAY

today 1Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion and 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment crouch behind a protective blanket after detonating a breaching charge during the urban breaching portion of a demolition package at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on July 10 Cpl. Shawn Valosin/Marine Corps

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Pilots assigned to the U.S. Navy flight demonstrationPilots assigned to the Navy flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, fly their F/A-18 Hornets on Wednesday in the Delta formation over Mount St. Helens for a scheduled team photo shoot. The Blue Angels are scheduled to fly in the Oregon International Air Show at Hillsboro Airport, Ore.  MC1 Michael Lindsey/Navy

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Marines with Amphibious Assault Platoon, Company E, Battalion Landing Team 2/6 load the unit’s amphibious assault vehicles aboard the USS Oak Hill (LSD-51) during the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Composite Training Exercise on Sunday. The 26th MEU and Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) 4 are being certified by evaluators with the Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG) in preparation for a deployment later this fall.  Staff Sgt. Bobby Yarbrough/Marine Corps

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Marines from the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force drive High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) to the beach from a Causeway ferry operated by the 331st Transportation Company at Anmyeon Beach, South Korea, during Exercise Combined Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (LOTS) 2015.  Lt. Russell Wolfkiel/Navy