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Marine Corps Capts. Phillip A. Smith, left, and Stephen W. White, request support during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel while participating in exercise Steel Knight 2014 in Yuma, Ariz., Dec. 9, 2013. Smith and White, pilots, are assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 211, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. Steel Knight is a large scale combined arms, live-fire exercise integrating ground troops in preparation for employment as a maneuver force across a range of military operations.

Marine Corps Capts. Phillip A. Smith, left, and Stephen W. White, request support during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel while participating in exercise Steel Knight 2014 in Yuma, Ariz., Dec. 9, 2013. Smith and White, pilots, are assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 211, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. Steel Knight is a large scale combined arms, live-fire exercise integrating ground troops in preparation for employment as a maneuver force across a range of military operations.

Marine Corps Capts. Phillip A. Smith, left, and Stephen W. White, request support during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel while participating in exercise Steel Knight 2014 in Yuma, Ariz., Dec. 9, 2013. Smith and White, pilots, are assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 211, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. Steel Knight is a large scale combined arms, live-fire exercise integrating ground troops in preparation for employment as a maneuver force across a range of military operations.

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