2nd Marine Division Combat Cameramen Cpl. Michael Rix and Lance Cpl. Matthew Sunderland interview a Marine during the embarkation of his platoon on board the USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) at Radio Island near Morehead City, N.C., on May 4, 1996, for Combined Joint Task Exercise 96. More than 53,000 military service members from the United States and the United Kingdom are participating in Combined Joint Task Force Exercise 96 on military installations in the Southeastern United States and in waters along the Eastern seaboard.