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U.S. Marines wait for other members of their team to jump from a U.S. Coast Guard HH-60J Jayhawk helicopter.
U.S. Marines from Echo Company, 4th Marine Reconnaissance Battalion wait in a combat rubber raiding craft for other members of their team to jump from a U.S. Coast Guard HH-60J Jayhawk helicopter into Starrigavan near Sitka, Alaska, during Exercise Northern Edge 2000 on March 5, 2000. Northern Edge 2000 is Alaska's largest joint military training exercise involving over 10,000 men and women from all five services.