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U.S. Marines carry an injured Filipino man off the back of a KC-130J Super Hercules at Villamor Air Base, Manila, the Philippines, Nov. 11, 2013. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel directed the U.S. Marines to provide humanitarian relief at the request of the government of the Philippines and ordered the USS George Washington and other Navy ships to make speed to the Philippines.

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U.S. Marines carry an injured Filipino man off the back of a KC-130J Super Hercules at Villamor Air Base, Manila, the Philippines, Nov. 11, 2013. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel directed the U.S. Marines to provide humanitarian relief at the request of the government of the Philippines and ordered the USS George Washington and other Navy ships to make speed to the Philippines.

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