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As seen through a night-vision device, a Marine provides security at the extraction point for a Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey while conducting a night raid, live-fire operations training on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 26, 2013.

As seen through a night-vision device, a Marine provides security at the extraction point for a Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey while conducting a night raid, live-fire operations training on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 26, 2013.

As seen through a night-vision device, a Marine provides security at the extraction point for a Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey while conducting a night raid, live-fire operations training on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 26, 2013.

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