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March 19, 2015
The Earth’s surface is more than 70 percent water, and of all the water a monstrous 97 percent is salt water - leaving only three percent as freshwater, according to oceanservice.noaa.gov. For an amphibious force, like the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, the chances of landing in a zone with pure drinking water is not very high, but being near water is likely.