Navy Airman Jessica Tescher (left), a parachute rigger, performs a monthly maintenance check on a pilot's helmet during Exercise Northern Edge at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on June 16, 2011. Northern Edge is an annual joint training exercise designed to test military and civilian response and coordination capabilities while enhancing the command, control and communications relationships associated with joint operations.

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