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A U.S. Marine MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 lands carrying Marines during a clear, hold and build exercise at Quackenbush Training Area on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 19, 2009.

A U.S. Marine MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 lands carrying Marines during a clear, hold and build exercise at Quackenbush Training Area on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 19, 2009.

A U.S. Marine MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 lands carrying Marines during a clear, hold and build exercise at Quackenbush Training Area on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 19, 2009.

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