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U.S. Marines hunker down under a hovering U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter as they hook up a sling load of food supplies in Chatter Plain, Pakistan, Feb. 27, 2006. The U.S. military is participating in Pakistani-led relief operations to aid victims of the devastating earthquake that struck the region Oct. 8, 2005.

U.S. Marines hunker down under a hovering U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

U.S. Marines hunker down under a hovering U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter as they hook up a sling load of food supplies in Chatter Plain, Pakistan, Feb. 27, 2006. The U.S. military is participating in Pakistani-led relief operations to aid victims of the devastating earthquake that struck the region Oct. 8, 2005.

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