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A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules from the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron passes overhead after dropping supplies over the desert during a joint mass casualty training exercise near Camp Lemonier. The aircraft transported Guardian Angels from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and supplies during the day-long exercise.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford : Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa)

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A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules from the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron drops supplies supplies over the desert during a joint mass casualty training exercise near Camp Lemonier. The aircraft transported Guardian Angels from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and supplies during the day-long exercise.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford : Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa)

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A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules from the 81st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron drops supplies supplies over the desert during a joint mass casualty training exercise near Camp Lemonier. The aircraft transported Guardian Angels from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and supplies during the day-long exercise.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford : Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa)

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A U.S. Air Force pararescueman from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron lands in the desert during a joint mass casualty exercise near Camp Lemonier. A Guardian Angel team from the 82nd worked alongside Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to recover simulated isolated personnel in an austere environment.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford : Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alex Howell, a pararescueman from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron lands in the desert during a joint mass casualty exercise near Camp Lemonier. A Guardian Angel team from the 82nd worked alongside Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to recover simulated isolated personnel in an austere environment.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford : Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa)

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Pararescueman from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron gathers his parachute after landing in the desert during a joint mass casualty exercise near Camp Lemonier. A Gaurdian Angel team from the 82nd worked alongside Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to recover simulated isolated personnel in an austere environment.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford : Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa)

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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Derek Docter, a pararescueman from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron packs his parachute after landing in the desert during a joint mass casualty exercise near Camp Lemonier. Guardian Angels from the 82nd worked alongside Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to recover simulated isolated personnel in an austere environment.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford : Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa)

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Michael Hagerman, a pararescueman from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron packs his parachute after landing in the desert during a joint mass casualty exercise near Camp Lemonier. Guardian Angels from the 82nd worked alongside Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to recover simulated isolated personnel in an austere environment.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford : Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa)

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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Derek Docter, a pararescueman from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron packs his parachute after landing in the desert during a joint mass casualty exercise near Camp Lemonier. Guardian Angels from the 82nd worked alongside Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to recover simulated isolated personnel in an austere environment.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford : Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa)

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U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron advance their position after landing in the desert during a joint mass casualty exercise near Camp Lemonier. A Guardian Angel team from the 82nd worked alongside Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to recover simulated isolated personnel in an austere environment.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford : Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa)

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U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron advance their position after landing in the desert during a joint mass casualty exercise near Camp Lemonier. A Guardian Angel team from the 82nd worked alongside Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to recover simulated isolated personnel in an austere environment.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford : Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa)

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U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron advance their position after landing in the desert during a joint mass casualty exercise near Camp Lemonier. A Guardian Angel team from the 82nd worked alongside Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to recover simulated isolated personnel in an austere environment.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford : Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa)

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U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron advance their position after landing in the desert during a joint mass casualty exercise near Camp Lemonier. A Guardian Angel team from the 82nd worked alongside Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to recover simulated isolated personnel in an austere environment.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford : Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa)

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U.S.Air Force Tech Sgt. Travis Shaw a pararescueman from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron carries a simulated casualty during a joint mass casualty exercise near Camp Lemonier. A Guardian Angel team from the 82nd worked alongside Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to recover simulated isolated personnel in an austere environment.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford : Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa)

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U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron look on as a CH-46E Sea Knight lands in the desert during a joint mass casualty exercise near Camp Lemonier. A Guardian Angel team from the 82nd worked alongside Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to recover simulated isolated personnel in an austere environment.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford : Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa)

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U.S. Air Force Capt. William Chase a pararescueman from the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron looks out as red smoke from a smoke grenade engulfs his position during a joint mass casualty exercise near Camp Lemonier. A Guardian Angel team from the 82nd worked alongside Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit to recover simulated isolated personnel in an austere environment.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Swafford : Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa)

once again multi cam on the paratroopers.

US Army Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, watches members from the Multi-National Force - Iraq, Personnel Recovery Division, search a field outside of Joint Security Station UR, Baghdad, Iraq, on May 31. They are searching for missing Safenet Security employees.

Photos by US Army Spc. Joshua E. Powell

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Marines with Company D, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 8, pack up their gear and prepare to roll out on the second leg of their mission near Al Qaim, Iraq, April 19. The Marines of Company D were operating in support of elements from the 7th Iraqi Army Division conducting a route clearance operation in the deserts of western Al Anbar province.
(Photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Hernandez : II Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd)

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Two light armored vehicles from Company D, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 8, speed across the Iraqi desert toward Al Qaim, April 19. The Marines of Company D were operating in support of elements from the 7th Iraqi Army Division conducting a route clearance operation in the deserts of western Al Anbar province.
(Photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Hernandez : II Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd)

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Wearing goggles and with a rag over his mouth to protect him from blowing sand and debris, an infantryman with Company D, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 8, stands in the open troop hatch of a light armored vehicle as it roars down the Iraqi desert, April 19. The Marines of Company D were operating in support of elements from the 7th Iraqi Army Division conducting a route clearance operation in the deserts of western Al Anbar province.
(Photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Hernandez : II Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd)

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Marine 1st Sgt. Larry Buenafe, the company first sergeant for Company D, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 8, keeps a constant lookout from the gunners position of a light armored vehicle near Al Qaim, Iraq, April 19. The Marines of Company D were operating in support of elements from the 7th Iraqi Army Division conducting a route clearance operation in the deserts of western Al Anbar province.
(Photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Hernandez : II Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd)

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Marines of Company D, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 8, advance on an abandoned oil-pumping station in western Iraq shortly before conducting a search, April 19. The Marines of Company D were operating in support of elements from the 7th Iraqi Army Division conducting a route clearance operation in the deserts of western Al Anbar province.
(Photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Hernandez : II Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd)

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A Marine with Company D, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team 8, provides security for fellow Marines and Iraqi soldiers clearing an abandoned oil-pumping station in western Iraq, April 19. The Marines of Company D were operating in support of elements from the 7th Iraqi Army Division conducting a route clearance operation in the deserts of western Al Anbar province.
(Photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Hernandez : II Marine Expeditionary Force (Fwd)

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Prior to jump training here, June 5, Sgt. Peter Simmons, 2nd Radio Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, has his gear inspected by a jump master to check for safety.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John A. Faria) (RELEASED)


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Prior to jump training here June 5, 1st Lt. Karl Younger, commander, 2nd Radio Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, has his gear inspected by a jump master to check for safety.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John A. Faria) (RELEASED)


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Sergeant Jeremiah Kuepper, jump master team leader with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, performs a safety check on a Marine before jump training, here, June 5.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John A. Faria) (RELEASED)


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Marines await a MV-22 Osprey during jump training, here, June 5. The Osprey’s tilt-rotor configuration gives the aircraft the ability to get to a landing zone quickly and unload troops like a traditional helicopter, but parachuting into an area instead has the added benefit of being nearly silent. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John A. Faria) (RELEASED)


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Marines load onto a MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft during jump training, here, June 5. Parachuting allows recon Marines to drop behind enemy lines, to gather information to allow Marines to fight smarter.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John A. Faria) (RELEASED)


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Sergeant Jeremiah Kuepper, jump master team leader with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, escorts Marines onto a MV-22 Osprey during jump training, here, June 5.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John A. Faria) (RELEASED)


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Marines jump from a MV-22 Osprey at 1,500 feet, here, June 5. Seconds into their free fall, a cord still attached to the aircraft automatically pulls the rip cord on their parachute.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John A. Faria) (RELEASED)


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Following a successful jump, here, June 5, Cpl. Brian Corbett, a reconnaissance Marine with Force Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division,,secures his parachute.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John A. Faria) (RELEASED)


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Following a successful jump, here, June 5, Cpl. Brian Corbett, a reconnaissance Marine with Force Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, secures his parachute.
(Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. John A. Faria) (RELEASED)

That abandoned oil pumping station reminds me of a Call of Duty map.

An F-15E Strike Eagle pilot and weapon system operator from the 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, prepare to take off June 9 for a close-air-support mission. In May, aircrews from the 336th EFS and the 74th EFS, who fly A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, together logged a total of more than 5,000 combat flight hours over Afghanistan. The aircraft assigned here provide close-air support and airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance for American and coalition ground troops. (Air Force/Staff Sgt. Jason Lake)

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A 14th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon taxies in after completing a mission June 1 at Misawa Air Base, Japan. Airmen of the 14th FS spent the last three months rebuilding skill sets in their primary mission of air-to-air and suppression of enemy air defenses. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jamal D. Sutter)

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U.S. Army Pfc. Matthew Starks prepared for duty as a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle gunner in Baghdad, Iraq, June 1, 2009. Starks is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company G, 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team in Baghdad. U.S Army photo by Jon Soles

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Pararescueman and jump master Senior Master Sgt. Michael Fleming signals a ten-minute warning to a team that will be demonstrating a rigged alternate method zodiac, or RAMZ, capability jump into the Caribbean Ocean June 9 for members of the Belize National Coast Guard and local media during Operation Southern Partner.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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On board a C-130J Hercules, Capt. Travis Shepard, a combat rescue officer (left), and Senior Airman Brandon Smith, a pararescueman, prepare to demonstrate a rigged alternate method zodiac, or RAMZ, capability jump into the Caribbean Ocean June 9 for members of the Belize National Coast Guard and local media during Operation Southern Partner.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Pararescueman and jump master Senior Master Sgt. Michael Fleming (left) checks the parachute harness of Senior Airman Matt Medlock while Capt. Travis Shepard, a combat rescue officer, awaits a buddy check June 9 before they demonstrate a rigged alternate method zodiac, or RAMZ, capability jump into the Caribbean Ocean for members of the Belize National Coast Guard and local media during Operation Southern Partner.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Pararescueman and jump master Senior Master Sgt. Michael Fleming watches as a rigged alternate method zodiac, or RAMZ, package leaves his C-130J Hercules June 9 as part of a demonstration for members of the Belize National Coast Guard and local media during Operation Southern Partner.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Pararescueman Staff Sgt. Blair Bearny jumps from the back of a C-130J Hercules June 9 to demonstrate a rigged alternate method zodiac, or RAMZ, capability jump into the Caribbean Ocean for members of the Belize National Coast Guard and local media during Operation Southern Partner.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

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Parescuemen touchdown in the Caribbean Ocean June 9 while demonstrating a rigged alternate method zodiac, or RAMZ, capability jump for members of the Belize National Coast Guard and local media during Operation Southern Partner.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)


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Staff Sgt. Kevin Myerscough enters the water after jumping from an HH-60G Pave Hawk while Master Sgt. Michael Atkins gives the safe thumbs-up and Senior Airman Brent Moore provides oversight June 3 near Laughlin Air Force Base. The members of the 48th Rescue Squadron from Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., were participating in Exercise Resolute Angel in preparation for the upcoming hurricane season.
(U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Heather Cabral)

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During a downed aircraft training exercise, Soldiers from Company F, 3rd Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, pull security after dismounting a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Camp Taji, Iraq, north of Baghdad, June 10. The training exercise was conducted to evaluate the response times from the brigade level all the way to the men on the ground.
(Photo by Sgt. Travis Zielinski : 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs)

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Sgt. Ryan Crook, from Orange Park, Fla., a team leader in Company F, 3rd Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, pulls security as two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters depart the training site at Camp Taji, Iraq, north of Baghdad, June 10, during a downed aircraft training exercise. The training was conducted to fine tune the planning and execution of the mission in case of the actual event.
(Photo by Sgt. Travis Zielinski : 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs)

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During a downed aircraft training exersice, Soldiers of Company F, 3rd Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavarly Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, go through the motions of treating the pilots as two UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters from 3rd Bn., 1st ACB, bring in the downed aircraft recovery team to a training site, at Camp Taji, Iraq, north of Baghdad, June 10.
(Photo by Sgt. Travis Zielinski : 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs)

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Soldiers of Company F, 3rd Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, remove the crew members from an AH-64D Apache attack helicopter during a downed aircraft training exercise at Camp Taji, Iraq, north of Baghdad, June 10. The 1st ACB ran the drill to fine tune the process of crew rescue and aircraft recovery.
(Photo by Sgt. Travis Zielinski : 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs)

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After completing a downed aircraft training exercise, Soldiers from Company F, 3rd Battalion, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, wait for a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to land before loading up and returning to the airfield, at Camp Taji, Iraq, north of Baghdad, June 10.
(Photo by Sgt. Travis Zielinski : 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Public Affairs)

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Staff Sgt. Brian Dawson of Winston Salem, N.C., brings up the rear of an Iraqi army-led patrol, south of Baghdad, June 9. Dawson, a section chief with Battery B, 113th Field Artillery Regiment, 30th Brigade Combat Team, and a small team of fellow Btry. B Soldiers joined a large group of troops from the 1st Battalion, 55th Brigade, 17th Iraqi army Division, while on a mission to clear a village in their area of operations.
(Photo by Sgt. Mary Phillips : 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team)

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Monroe, N.C., native Sgt. Jonathan Hinson is followed by a group of fellow Soldiers with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 113th Field Artillery Regiment, 30th Brigade Combat Team, while on a patrol south of Baghdad, June 9. The patrol was led by soldiers of the Iraqi army and the Btry. B Soldiers trailed, providing assistance and security.
(Photo by Sgt. Mary Phillips : 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team)

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