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Marines tend to a simulated injured pilot during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel.
U.S. Marines from Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2 tend to a simulated injured pilot during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel, or TRAP, mission aboard Vieques Island, Puerto Rico, on Jan. 22, 1998, during Joint Task Force Exercise 98-1. More than 30,000 U.S. military personnel are participating in the exercise which is testing joint forces on their ability to deploy rapidly and conduct joint operations during a crisis. All branches of the armed forces are training side-by-side using the latest advances in technology in a simulated high-threat environment that involves air, naval and ground operations. Kilo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/2 is made up of personnel from the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment.