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U.S. Marines wait to load a pallet onto a Sea Stallion helicopter on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., March 11, 2008. The Marines, assigned to the 7th Marine Regiment, are participating in a pre-deployment desert training exercise.

LOADING A SEA STALLION

U.S. Marines wait to load a pallet onto a Sea Stallion helicopter on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., March 11, 2008. The Marines, assigned to the 7th Marine Regiment, are participating in a pre-deployment desert training exercise.

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