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As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Zachary Ritter test fires the tail gun in a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter during a night flight over Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 3, 2009. Ritter is assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362.

TAIL TEST

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Zachary Ritter test fires the tail gun in a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter during a night flight over Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 3, 2009. Ritter is assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362.

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