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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeremy Garett lowers a stokes down into the waiting hands of pararescuemen during Keen Sword, an exercise on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Dec. 6, 2010. Garett, a flight engineer, is assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron. The exercise will include about 10,500 U.S. participants from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jeremy Garett lowers a stokes down into the waiting hands of pararescuemen during Keen Sword, an exercise on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Dec. 6, 2010. Garett, a flight engineer, is assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron. The exercise will include about 10,500 U.S. participants from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.

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