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Flight of the Retrograde
A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter flies in to pick up a generator during a helicopter support team mission at Observation Post (OP) Athens, Kajaki district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 3, 2013. The HST mission was conducted as part of the retrograde of OP Athens.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sean Searfus/ Released)
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Flights of Fury
Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron - 232 fly F/A-18C Hornets from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during exercise Forager Fury II, Dec. 5, 2013. VMFA-232 is currently assigned to Marine Aircraft Group - 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, while participating in the unit deployment program. Exercise Forger Fury II Improves the aviation combat readiness of MAG-12 and 1st MAW and simulates operations in a deployed environment.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard Currier/Released)
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.50 Cal Fury
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy A. Cieplich fires a GAU-21/A .50 caliber machine gun mounted in an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter at simulated enemy personnel during live-fire, close-air support training Dec. 10 at Farallon de Medinilla Target Range, Northern Mariana Islands. The MH-60Ss are currently forward deployed to the island of Tinian, coordinating with Marine Corps units during Exercise Forager Fury II. FF II is an aviation training relocation event intended to meet U.S.-Japan bilateral goals such as reduced local impacts by dispersing the training to other areas and increased operational readiness. Cieplich is a naval aircrewman with Helicopter Sea Attack Squadron 25 based out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Karwick/Released)
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Rescue in the Deep Blue
An MH-60S Seahawk, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25, lowers a rescue swimmer into the water as part of a simulated combat search and rescue water extraction at Agat Bay, Guam, during Exercise Forager Fury II (FF II), Dec. 11, 2013. Exercise FF II improves the aviation combat readiness of Marine Aircraft Group 12 and 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and simulates operations in a deployed environment.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard Currier/Released)
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Feeding the Stallion
Gunnery Sgt. Marcus S. McCollum, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 (HMH-462), adjusts a JP8 diesel fuel line outside a CH-53E Super Stallion in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2013. HMH-462 used CH-53Es to support British forces and their aircraft during a mission.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Gabriela Garcia/Released)
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Moment of Serenity
A CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 (HMH-462) is stationed during an operation at Forward Operating Base Price, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 17, 2013. HMH-462 provided aerial support for British forces with Task Force Helmand during an operation in Kharotan.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Gabriela Garcia/Released)
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Mount Up
Marines from 1st Marine Special Operations Brigade file into a CH-46 Sea Knight before conducting parachute operations aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 12, 2013. Marines with 1st Air Delivery Platoon, Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conducted day and night jumps with 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company and 1st Marine Special Operations Brigade to maintain proficiency and transition to a new parachute system.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Timothy Childers)
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Steel Knight Rising
A CH-53E Super Stallion Helicopter takes off with a M777 howitzer at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 6, 2013. A Helicopter Support Team with Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, supported the operation in preparation for Exercise Steel Knight 2014, an annual exercise designed to prepare 1st Marine Division for deployment with the Marine Air-Ground Task Force as the Ground Combat Element with the support of 1st MLG and 3rd Marine Air Wing. Combined, the MAGTF is able to deploy and respond in a timely manner to any situation across the globe.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Keenan Zelazoski)
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Commandant Visits Afghanistan
An MV-22 Osprey flies over Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 25, 2013. Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James F. Amos, his wife Bonnie, Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Micheal P. Barrett and Sgt. Dakota Meyer traveled around Regional Command (Southwest) to visit troops for the holiday season.
(U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Tammy K. Hineline/Released)