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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Nathan Deboer, a flight line mechanic attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 166, inspects the rotor blades of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter aboard the USS Tarawa (LHA 1) while under way in the Pacific Ocean on Sept. 8, 2007.

Sgt. Nathan Deboer inspects the rotor blades of a CH-53E Super Stallion.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Nathan Deboer, a flight line mechanic attached to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 166, inspects the rotor blades of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter aboard the USS Tarawa (LHA 1) while under way in the Pacific Ocean on Sept. 8, 2007.

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