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U.S. Marines emerge from a cloud of dust.
U.S. Marines emerge from a cloud of dust kicked up by the rotor wash of a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter in Iraq on Dec. 4, 2005. The Marines and Navy Criminal Investigation Service agents are investigating the site as an alleged insurgent sniper range.