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U.S. Marines and sailors help U.S. citizens into a Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules aircraft during the evacuation of personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Juba, South Sudan, Jan. 3, 2014. U.S. Marines from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response successfully evacuated more than 20 personnel from the embassy in coordination with the East Africa Response Force, and under the command and control of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.

PERSONNEL EVACUATION

U.S. Marines and sailors help U.S. citizens into a Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules aircraft during the evacuation of personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Juba, South Sudan, Jan. 3, 2014. U.S. Marines from Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response successfully evacuated more than 20 personnel from the embassy in coordination with the East Africa Response Force, and under the command and control of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.

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