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Service members kneel with weapons in a field as a service member rappels down a rope attached to an airborne helicopter in the background.

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Sailors and Minnesota National Guardsmen conduct helicopter rope suspension techniques training in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during Snow Crab in Little Falls, Minn., Jan. 29, 2024. The exercise is designed to test and evaluate capabilities and equipment in a simulated Arctic environment and improve combat effectiveness.

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