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A soldier assigned to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force jumps out of a CH-46E Sea Knight while training with the 1st Marine Division's 1st Reconnaissance Battalion during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 on Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Calif., Jan. 27, 2014.

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A soldier assigned to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force jumps out of a CH-46E Sea Knight while training with the 1st Marine Division's 1st Reconnaissance Battalion during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 on Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Calif., Jan. 27, 2014.

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