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A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter lifts supplies during Exercise Javelin Thrust-09 on Hawthorne Army Depot, Nev., June 14, 2009. U.S. Marine Forces Reserve, headquartered in New Orleans, La., conducts the annual exercise at six military sites in California, Texas and Nevada to prepare reservists for deployment in support of overseas contingency operations. This year, troops from Bosnia and Armenia also participated in the exercise.

KNIGHT LIFT

A CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter lifts supplies during Exercise Javelin Thrust-09 on Hawthorne Army Depot, Nev., June 14, 2009. U.S. Marine Forces Reserve, headquartered in New Orleans, La., conducts the annual exercise at six military sites in California, Texas and Nevada to prepare reservists for deployment in support of overseas contingency operations. This year, troops from Bosnia and Armenia also participated in the exercise.

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