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Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Shawn D. Decker signals his Marines to guide an inflatable raft out the back of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter and into the water off the North Carolina coast as part of Operation Mailed Fist, June 18, 2012.

Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Shawn D. Decker signals his Marines to guide an inflatable raft out the back of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter and into the water off the North Carolina coast as part of Operation Mailed Fist, June 18, 2012.

Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Shawn D. Decker signals his Marines to guide an inflatable raft out the back of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter and into the water off the North Carolina coast as part of Operation Mailed Fist, June 18, 2012.

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