U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division board dry cargo ship USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE 1) at an undisclosed location Sept. 30, 2012, while in transit to the Maldives for Exercise Coconut Grove 2012.
Coconut Grove is a bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and hone small-unit skills between the U.S. Marine Corps and the Maldivian Marine Corps. (DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Isis Ramirez, U.S. Marine Corps) Original public domain image from Flickr