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Steven Decker, right, teaches a group of U.S. Navy SEALs rope techniques during a river-crossing exercise during Northern Edge, a training exercise, on Fort Wainwright, Alaska, June 17, 2009. Decker is an instructor at the Northern Warfare Training Center.

Steven Decker, right, teaches a group of U.S. Navy SEALs rope techniques during a river-crossing exercise during Northern Edge, a training exercise, on Fort Wainwright, Alaska, June 17, 2009. Decker is an instructor at the Northern Warfare Training Center.

Steven Decker, right, teaches a group of U.S. Navy SEALs rope techniques during a river-crossing exercise during Northern Edge, a training exercise, on Fort Wainwright, Alaska, June 17, 2009. Decker is an instructor at the Northern Warfare Training Center.

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