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U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Expeditionary Unit 22 slide from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter to the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during a fast rope exercise in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 8, 2007.

U.S. Marines slide from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter.

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Expeditionary Unit 22 slide from a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter to the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during a fast rope exercise in the Atlantic Ocean on Aug. 8, 2007.

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