Force Recon Marines commandeer ship during vessel-boarding drill

By Lance Cpl. Kris Daberkoe, Marine Corps Bases Japan 

ABOARD THE USNS DAHL  — A helicopter hovers 25-feet above the deck of the ship as combat rubber raiding craft simultaneously crash through the waves toward the hostile vessel.
 
This was the scene as 30 Marines with Force Reconnaissance Platoon took part in a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the USNS Dahl off the coast of Okinawa Dec. 1-6.
The platoon, attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary

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