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Marines load onto a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter after retrieving two Marines during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise as part of Javelin Thrust 2012 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 9, 2012.

Marines load onto a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter after retrieving two Marines during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise as part of Javelin Thrust 2012 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 9, 2012.

Marines load onto a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter after retrieving two Marines during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise as part of Javelin Thrust 2012 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 9, 2012.

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