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A U.S. service member from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa monitors the terrain while conducting a tactical movement exercise as part of a desert survival course conducted by the French military in Sida, Djibouti, on Nov. 10, 2007. U.S. service men and women are being instructed on land navigation, global positioning systems, what to eat to survive, using camels to transport equipment, helicopter medical evacuations, starting a fire and techniques for rigging traps.

A U.S. service member monitors the terrain.

A U.S. service member from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa monitors the terrain while conducting a tactical movement exercise as part of a desert survival course conducted by the French military in Sida, Djibouti, on Nov. 10, 2007. U.S. service men and women are being instructed on land navigation, global positioning systems, what to eat to survive, using camels to transport equipment, helicopter medical evacuations, starting a fire and techniques for rigging traps.

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