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U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit participate in a fast rope exercise moving out the back of a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter and onto the flight deck of the USS Essex (LHD 2) on May 18, 2008.

U.S. Marines participate in a fast rope exercise.

U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit participate in a fast rope exercise moving out the back of a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter and onto the flight deck of the USS Essex (LHD 2) on May 18, 2008.

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