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Marines brace themselves from the rotor wash of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during fast-rope training on Auxiliary Airfield 2 near Yuma, Ariz., April 3, 2015.

ROTOR WASH

Marines brace themselves from the rotor wash of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during fast-rope training on Auxiliary Airfield 2 near Yuma, Ariz., April 3, 2015.

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