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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Christopher Horvet, center, conducts maintenance on the rotor of an AH-1Z Super Cobra helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex while under way in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 25, 2010. Horvet is assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 542.

ROTOR REPAIR

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Christopher Horvet, center, conducts maintenance on the rotor of an AH-1Z Super Cobra helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex while under way in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 25, 2010. Horvet is assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 542.

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