Mechanicsburg, Pa., native Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Young, a platoon sergeant with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, draws a fast-roping line out from underneath a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during a training exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 18, 2015. Utilizing both fast-roping and Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction rigging methods, the purpose of the training exercise was to integrate operational coordination between the I MEF Ground Combat Element and Air Combat Element. (USMC photo by Pfc. Devan K. Gowans/Release

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Mechanicsburg, Pa., native Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Young, a platoon sergeant with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, draws a fast-roping line out from underneath a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during a training exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 18, 2015. Utilizing both fast-roping and Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction rigging methods, the purpose of the training exercise was to integrate operational coordination between the I MEF Ground Combat Element and Air Combat Element. (USMC photo by Pfc. Devan K. Gowans/Released)

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