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A Marine slides down a rope from a CH-46E helicopter at the edge of the flight deck to the lowered elevator in the hangar bay of USS Boxer during fast-rope qualifications in the Indian Ocean, May 9, 2009. The Marines are assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

ROPE SLIDE

A Marine slides down a rope from a CH-46E helicopter at the edge of the flight deck to the lowered elevator in the hangar bay of USS Boxer during fast-rope qualifications in the Indian Ocean, May 9, 2009. The Marines are assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

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