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Marines load onto a Marine Corps CH-53 helicopter at the evacuation site of a raid operation during a composite exercise on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 30, 2015. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Briauna Birl

Helicopter Loading

Marines load onto a Marine Corps CH-53 helicopter at the evacuation site of a raid operation during a composite exercise on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 30, 2015. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Briauna Birl

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