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A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter releases a series of flares during a Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa during the last leg of deployment from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to San Diego, Calif., Pacific Ocean, May 30, 2008.

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A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter releases a series of flares during a Marine Air-Ground Task Force demonstration aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa during the last leg of deployment from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to San Diego, Calif., Pacific Ocean, May 30, 2008.

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