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Marines don altimeters before a free fall jump at 10,000 feet above Drop Zone Basilone on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec.21. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 supported the parachute-operations training. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Robinson

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Marines don altimeters before a free fall jump at 10,000 feet above Drop Zone Basilone on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec.21. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 supported the parachute-operations training. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Robinson

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