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CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters transport role-playing evacuees during a noncombatant evacuation exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 4, 2011. The role players -- Marines serving with Combat Logistics Battalion 11 -- participated in the exercise to prepare for the battalion's upcoming deployment with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The helicopters are assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268.

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CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters transport role-playing evacuees during a noncombatant evacuation exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 4, 2011. The role players -- Marines serving with Combat Logistics Battalion 11 -- participated in the exercise to prepare for the battalion's upcoming deployment with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The helicopters are assigned to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268.

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