 Masked by the early morning darkness and the sounds of the ocean, Marines and sailors with Company A, battalion landing team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine, Expeditionary Unit, stealthily insert via combat rubber raiding craft in order to eliminate mock insurgents during the final event of their certification exercise. The scenario tests the capability, not practiced as often, as the Marines' characteristic beach assaults. We haven't done a lot of benign water raids coming in quiet like that, getting out. It's a lot more sneaky squirrel-like instead of just coming to the beach all hot and fast. You're coming in real quiet and slow. The scenario provided numerous challenges to serve as a culmination of the unit's training before the continuation of the spring deployment. Marine Sergeant Paul Robbins Jr., White Beach, Okinawa.