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U.S. Marines, airmen and relief agency workers use their body weight to prevent relief supplies from being swept away by the downdraft created by a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter as crews load it with cargo nets of relief supplies for the regions of Western Sumatra and Padang, Indonesia, Oct. 12, 2009. The helicopter crew is assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265.

BODY WEIGHT BENEFIT

U.S. Marines, airmen and relief agency workers use their body weight to prevent relief supplies from being swept away by the downdraft created by a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter as crews load it with cargo nets of relief supplies for the regions of Western Sumatra and Padang, Indonesia, Oct. 12, 2009. The helicopter crew is assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265.

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