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Sailors shield simulated patients as a helicopter prepares to land.

Sailor Shield

Sailors shield simulated patients while a CH-53E Super Stallion lands at a casualty evacuation site during Steel Knight at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 8, 2021. Sailors and Marines train to operate in a realistic, combined-arms environment to enhance naval warfighting tactics, techniques and procedures.

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