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A Marine uses hand signals to instruct fellow Marines while flying in a C-130 Hercules before participating in a static line parachute jump over Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 11, 2017. The Marine is a jump master assigned to the 3rd Marine Division's 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson

Hand Signals

A Marine uses hand signals to instruct fellow Marines while flying in a C-130 Hercules before participating in a static line parachute jump over Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 11, 2017. The Marine is a jump master assigned to the 3rd Marine Division's 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Donald Hudson

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