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Marines exit from a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9), as the 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit redeploys from Beirut at the conclusion of a multinational peacekeeping operation. Another CH-53 is visible in the background

Marines exit from a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter aboard the amphibiou...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Guam (LPH 9) Country: Mediterranean Sea (MED) Scene Camera Operator: PHC Chet King Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More

Four United States Marine Corps helicopters are single file on the flight deck of the Iwo Jima Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS TRIPOLI (LPH 10). From front to back are three CH-46 "Sea Knight" helicopters and one CH-53 "Super Stallion". TRIPOLI flight deck personnel stand on the deck at the left of the frame. The CH-53 hovers a few feet off the deck. This mission is in support of Operation Restore Hope

Four United States Marine Corps helicopters are single file on the fli...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Tripoli (LPH 10) Country: Indian Ocean (IOC) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

Cpl. Reed, a U.S. Marine from 26th Marine Expeditionary

Cpl. Reed, a U.S. Marine from 26th Marine Expeditionary

Cpl. Reed, a U.S. Marine from 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit bore the U.S. National Colors during a farewell and a ceremonial end of humanitarian aid operations at Pano Aquil, Pakistan, Nov. 10. With the Pakist... More

U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 air crewmen check the seat

U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 air crewmen check the seat

U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 air crewmen check the seat belts of former detainees prior to take off for their flight to Lashkar Gah, Afghanistan and their ultimate destination: freedom. Twenty-one detainees were par... More

HMH 641 daily operations

HMH 641 daily operations

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Araiza (left) and Tech. Sgt. Robert Hyman, both Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa combat cameramen, prepare to board a U.S. Marine Corps CH53-E Super Stallion helicopte... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Araiza (left) and

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Araiza (left) and

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Joseph Araiza (left) and Tech. Sgt. Robert Hyman, both Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa combat cameramen, prepare to board a U.S. Marine Corps CH53-E Super Stallion helicopte... More

Marines and sailors of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron

Marines and sailors of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron

Marines and sailors of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363 stand in formation during a change of command and re-designation ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, May 10, 2012. The commanding office... More

Marines and Sailors with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine

Marines and Sailors with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine

Marines and Sailors with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment file towards a CH-53E, Super Stallion, with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 during a battalion raid, beginning Exercise Mailed Fist, June 18. Mor... More

An AH-1W Super Cobra from Marine Light Attack Helicopter

An AH-1W Super Cobra from Marine Light Attack Helicopter

An AH-1W Super Cobra from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467 based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., prepares to land at a forward arming and refueling point at Marine Corps Auxiliary Lan... More

Staff Sgt. Corey Butts, a UH-1N Huey crew chief with

Staff Sgt. Corey Butts, a UH-1N Huey crew chief with

Staff Sgt. Corey Butts, a UH-1N Huey crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467, mans the .50-caliber machine gun, in support of Exercise Mailed Fist, June 19. HMLA-467 and 2nd Light Armored ... More

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 hovers over a M777 155 mm Howitzer while Marines from 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, Lima Battery, attach it to the aircraft in support of... More

Lt. Col. Edward Lang, the commanding officer of Marine

Lt. Col. Edward Lang, the commanding officer of Marine

Lt. Col. Edward Lang, the commanding officer of Marine Transport Squadron 1, recieves the Chief of Naval Operations aviation safety award from Brig. Gen. Thomas Gorry, the commanding general of Marine Corps Ins... More

Members of the 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian

Members of the 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian

Members of the 2nd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry from Shilo, Manitoba, and 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment from Hawaii, practice the Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System with a CH-53... More

Maj. James Poppy, a KC-130J Hercules Pilot with Marine

Maj. James Poppy, a KC-130J Hercules Pilot with Marine

Maj. James Poppy, a KC-130J Hercules Pilot with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252, pilots one of the squadron’s aircraft July 26, during an aerial refueling training exercise off the coast of North ... More

Capt. Ryan McGonigle, a native of Laramie, Wyo., and

Capt. Ryan McGonigle, a native of Laramie, Wyo., and

Capt. Ryan McGonigle, a native of Laramie, Wyo., and a pilot with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), flies a CH-53D Sea Stallion over Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 2... More

Marines, family members and residents the community

Marines, family members and residents the community

Marines, family members and residents the community gather July 28, for the 2.5-mile Piranha Pit fun run aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. The money earned from the entry fees went to Marine Co... More

Marines of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit assist residents

Marines of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit assist residents

Marines of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit assist residents with clean-up efforts in Staten Island, N.Y., Nov. 4. The Navy-Marine Corps team is well-equipped to respond to national disasters when required, throu... More

Mayetta, Kansas native, Lance Cpl. Cole Hasty (left),

Mayetta, Kansas native, Lance Cpl. Cole Hasty (left),

Mayetta, Kansas native, Lance Cpl. Cole Hasty (left), a radio operator, and Norton, Ohio native, Lance Cpl. Thomas Gibson (right), an embarkation specialist, drag a trash bag full of debris from a local residen... More

Marines  from Combat Logistics Battalion 26 offload

Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 26 offload

Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 26 offload a CH-53D Sea Stallion from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366, with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, in Staten Island, N.Y., to drop off Marines Nov. 5. ... More

Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 26, with the

Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 26, with the

Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 26, with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Force, help city workers clear the streets of trash in Staten Island of Nov. 5. The Marines are here to assist local disaster relie... More

Marines and sailors from the 26th Marine Expeditionary

Marines and sailors from the 26th Marine Expeditionary

Marines and sailors from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit arrive on the beach of Breezy Point, a small coastal community in New York City, aboard a Landing Craft Utility from the USS Wasp Nov. 9, in support o... More

Sgt. Patrick Kanaley, a Buffalo, N.Y, native, with

Sgt. Patrick Kanaley, a Buffalo, N.Y, native, with

Sgt. Patrick Kanaley, a Buffalo, N.Y, native, with Battalion Landing Team 3/2, uses an ax to break apart the deck of a home Nov. 9, that was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in Breezy Point, a small community of Ne... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Caleb Childs, left, flight line

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Caleb Childs, left, flight line

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Caleb Childs, left, flight line weapons and tactics instructor, with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) explains a GA... More

Squadrons with Marine Corps Air Station New River and

Squadrons with Marine Corps Air Station New River and

Squadrons with Marine Corps Air Station New River and MCAS Cherry Point joined forces with Marines from Company C, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, to complete a notional mission of killing or capturing a hi... More

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 Marines

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 Marines

Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 269 Marines bids fair winds and following seas to the UH-1N Huey on it final flight with the squadron with a parade across the skies of Marines Corps Air Station New Rive... More

A CH-53E Sea Stallion, a Marine Medium Tilt-Rotar Squadron

A CH-53E Sea Stallion, a Marine Medium Tilt-Rotar Squadron

A CH-53E Sea Stallion, a Marine Medium Tilt-Rotar Squadron 166 (Reinforced) helicopter, stands ready to launch aboard the USS Boxer (LHD-4) to transport Marines to San Clemente Island in support of Exercise Iro... More

Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 supported

Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 supported

Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 supported Navy SEALs and parachute riggers with Naval Special Warfare Logistics and Support Two, an Air Force combat controller team and Army Special Forces wit... More

The Cat in the Hat. Thing 1, Thing 2 and Marine Corps

The Cat in the Hat. Thing 1, Thing 2 and Marine Corps

The Cat in the Hat. Thing 1, Thing 2 and Marine Corps Air Station New River Library employees greeted service member and their family to the Read Across America event held at the library, Mar. 1. Members of Ma... More

Capt. Samuel Kunst, left, a pilot with Marine Heavy

Capt. Samuel Kunst, left, a pilot with Marine Heavy

Capt. Samuel Kunst, left, a pilot with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366, briefs the pilots and crew before executing an artillery raid training exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., March 13. In their facilities on... More

Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron

Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron

Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron enjoyed several different types of chilies during a chili cook-off organized the squadron to raise money for the Marine Corps Birthday ball, March 28. The squ... More

M777 Howitzers get a lift from a CH-53

M777 Howitzers get a lift from a CH-53

As part of Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One’s month-long Weapons and Tactics Instructors Course, Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 and 1st Marine Logistics Group, Combat Logisti... More

Marines show family members from various squadrons

Marines show family members from various squadrons

Marines show family members from various squadrons from Marine Aircraft Group 26 the proper procedures of using an M16 A4 rifle before heading out to a range during a Jane Wayne Day aboard Marine Corps Base Cam... More

A Marine teaches his child how to play hopscotch to

A Marine teaches his child how to play hopscotch to

A Marine teaches his child how to play hopscotch to celebrate the Month of the Military Child during a block party at the Child Development Center aboard Marine Corps Air Station New River, April 13. The Childr... More

Lance Cpl. Tyler Reitzel, 3rd platoon, 2nd squad, provides

Lance Cpl. Tyler Reitzel, 3rd platoon, 2nd squad, provides

Lance Cpl. Tyler Reitzel, 3rd platoon, 2nd squad, provides cover as his buddy finishes their fighting hole during a field training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, April 17. Marines With Marine W... More

MAWTS-One WTI Course 2-13 conduct simulated Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief operation

MAWTS-One WTI Course 2-13 conduct simulated Humanitarian Assistance/Di...

Marine Aviation Weapons Tactics Squadron-One Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-13 Marines provide security as CH-53s land and off-load medical personnel and supplies at Kiwanis Park in the city of Yuma, A... More

Sgt. David Palmer, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron

Sgt. David Palmer, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron

Sgt. David Palmer, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron training chief, fires his Mossberg 500 shotgun at clay pigeons during the H&HS Commander’s Cup aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, April 26. The Mari... More

Lance Cpl. Candice Cross, Marine Light Attack Helicopter

Lance Cpl. Candice Cross, Marine Light Attack Helicopter

Lance Cpl. Candice Cross, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 ordnance technician, talks with her mother, Tina Diederich, before deploying to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, May 2.

Marines from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 29

Marines from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 29

Marines from Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 29 spray primer paint on a UH-34 from the aviation memorial aboard Marine Corps Air Station New River, May 21. The painting is part of an effort to restore a part... More

U.S. Marines, Combat Logistics Regiment 25 (CLR-25),

U.S. Marines, Combat Logistics Regiment 25 (CLR-25),

U.S. Marines, Combat Logistics Regiment 25 (CLR-25), 2d Marine Logistics Group (2d MLG), participate in a helicopter support team exercise on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina 12 September, 2013. The Marines spent t... More

A Light Capacity Rough Terrain Truck Forklift is carried

A Light Capacity Rough Terrain Truck Forklift is carried

A Light Capacity Rough Terrain Truck Forklift is carried underneath a Sikorsky CH-53E's payload over the Atlantic shoreline September 12, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps still image by Cpl Jessica S. Gonzalez)

U.S. Marines, Combat Logistics Regiment 25 (CLR-25),

U.S. Marines, Combat Logistics Regiment 25 (CLR-25),

U.S. Marines, Combat Logistics Regiment 25 (CLR-25), 2d Marine Logistics Group (2d MLG), participate in a helicopter support team exercise on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina September 12, 2013. The Marines spent t... More

U.S. Marines, Combat Logistics Regiment 25 (CLR-25),

U.S. Marines, Combat Logistics Regiment 25 (CLR-25),

U.S. Marines, Combat Logistics Regiment 25 (CLR-25), 2d Marine Logistics Group (2d MLG), participate in a helicopter support team exercise on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina 12 September, 2013. The Marines spent t... More

Marines with Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics

Marines with Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics

Marines with Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, prepare to transport an M777 Howitzer during a Helicopter Support Team operation, supporting Weapons and Tactics I... More

III MHG trains for expeditionary operations

III MHG trains for expeditionary operations

Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group exit a CH-53E Sea Stallion at the Camp Hansen Parade Deck Oct. 17 following a six-mile conditioning hike with 45-pound improved load bearing equipm... More

Maj. Neil E. Oswald, center, inspects his CH-53E Super

Maj. Neil E. Oswald, center, inspects his CH-53E Super

Maj. Neil E. Oswald, center, inspects his CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with his crew before flying Jan. 8 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Oswald is a CH-53E pilot with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron ... More

An egress instructor inspects a soldier with the Japan

An egress instructor inspects a soldier with the Japan

An egress instructor inspects a soldier with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, as he practices bracing for impact while conducting Underwater Egress training during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendle... More

A soldier with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

A soldier with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force

A soldier with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force conducts helocast training with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 23, 2014. Iron Fist is an amphi... More

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 11, wait

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 11, wait

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 11, wait for a CH-53 Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163 to drop off simulated cargo aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb... More

First Sgt. Michael Grassl, Bravo Company first sergeant,

First Sgt. Michael Grassl, Bravo Company first sergeant,

First Sgt. Michael Grassl, Bravo Company first sergeant, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Vesper, Wisc., accounts for Marines as they are transported by helicopters to Range 210 during a live... More

Lance Cpl. Mohaamed Cherair, right, fire team leader,

Lance Cpl. Mohaamed Cherair, right, fire team leader,

Lance Cpl. Mohaamed Cherair, right, fire team leader, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and a native of Springfield, Pa., gives directions to Pfc. Kesley Farmer, a rifleman and a native of Wood... More

U.S. Sailors with 2nd Dental Battalion, Naval Dental

U.S. Sailors with 2nd Dental Battalion, Naval Dental

U.S. Sailors with 2nd Dental Battalion, Naval Dental Center, 2nd Marine Logistics Group aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N. C., visit Marine Corps Air Station New River to learn about the aircraft at Mari... More

Lt. Col. Timothy Sheyda, the commanding officer of

Lt. Col. Timothy Sheyda, the commanding officer of

Lt. Col. Timothy Sheyda, the commanding officer of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, and the sergeant major of HMH 466, Sgt. Maj. Carlos M. Murcia, stand next to a sign for the unit's new call sign, "Heavyw... More

Aerial view of Tactical Air Control Center being used

Aerial view of Tactical Air Control Center being used

Aerial view of Tactical Air Control Center being used for Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise (MEFEX) on Osan Air Force Base, South Korea, March 15, 2014. MEFEX will enhance the interoperability between the U.S... More

MEFEX 2014, US Marine Corps Photo

MEFEX 2014, US Marine Corps Photo

Aerial view of Tactical Air Control Center being used for Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise (MEFEX) 2014 at 1st Republic of Korea Marine Corps Base, Pohang, South Korea, March 17, 2014. MEFEX will enhance the... More

Republic of Korea Marines conduct on-off drills in

Republic of Korea Marines conduct on-off drills in

Republic of Korea Marines conduct on-off drills in an MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 during Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise (MEFEX) 2014 at Pohang, South Korea, Ma... More

U.S. Marines with Chemical Biological Radiological

U.S. Marines with Chemical Biological Radiological

U.S. Marines with Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (CBRN) Platoon, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW) participates in a CBRN response fitness test during Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise (MEFEX) 201... More

U.S. Marines with Chemical Biological Radiological

U.S. Marines with Chemical Biological Radiological

U.S. Marines with Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (CBRN) Platoon, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW) participates in a CBRN response fitness test during Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise (MEFEX) 201... More

U.S. Marines with Chemical Biological Radiological

U.S. Marines with Chemical Biological Radiological

U.S. Marines with Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (CBRN) Platoon, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and U.S. Air Force Airmen with 51st Readiness and Emergency Management Flight, 51st Wing, participate in a joi... More

AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters with Marine Light Attack

AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters with Marine Light Attack

AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 sit on the flight line during Ssang Yong 2014 at Camp Walker, South Korea, April 2, 2014. Exercise Ssang Yong is conducted annually... More

Georgian Army soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 31st

Georgian Army soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 31st

Georgian Army soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 31st Georgian Light Infantry Battalion (31st GLIB), and U.S. Marines with Georgian Liaison Team 11 (GLT-11) pose for a group photo prior to departing for “Opera... More

U.S. Marines with Georgian Liaison Team 11 (GLT/ 11)

U.S. Marines with Georgian Liaison Team 11 (GLT/ 11)

U.S. Marines with Georgian Liaison Team 11 (GLT/ 11) and Georgian Army Soldiers with Bravo Company, 31st Georgian Light Infantry Battalion (31st GLIB) board a CH-53E Super Stallion as they prepare to employ an ... More

Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin participate

Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin participate

Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin participate in a bilateral exercise aboard Mount Bundey Training Area, May 8, 2014. The exercise was a bilateral assault on a ground target using both CH-53E and an... More

Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH)

Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH)

Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 462 drop water on a wildfire aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 14. The bucket, also known as a Bambi Bucket, can hold up to 900 gallons of water.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Corey Newman with Headquarters

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Corey Newman with Headquarters

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Corey Newman with Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, helps coach a sailor during the M-9 pistol qualification aboard the USS Oak Hill, June 7, ... More

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, watch a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter land while waiting to load their Expeditionary Fire Support Systems to conduct an aerial-raid miss... More

A U.S. Navy Corpsman assigned to Marine Aviation Logistics

A U.S. Navy Corpsman assigned to Marine Aviation Logistics

A U.S. Navy Corpsman assigned to Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 14, stands on the flight deck in case of a medical emergency aboard the SS Wright during Operation Carolina Dragon, Aug. 1, 2014. Carolina Dra... More

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes off from the flight deck of the USS Comstock during an underway period in the Pacific Ocean,... More

U.S. Marines with Landing Support Company (L.S. Co.),

U.S. Marines with Landing Support Company (L.S. Co.),

U.S. Marines with Landing Support Company (L.S. Co.), Headquarters Regiment, 2nd Marine Logistics Group conduct Helicopter Support Team training on Camp Lejeune, N.C., August 14, 2014. L.S. Co. Marines attached... More

A CH-53 Sea Stallion from Heavy Marine Helicopter squadron

A CH-53 Sea Stallion from Heavy Marine Helicopter squadron

A CH-53 Sea Stallion from Heavy Marine Helicopter squadron 464 inserts Marines with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, and Critical Skills Operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operatio... More

U.S. Marines with 5th ANGLICO conduct fast rope training

U.S. Marines with 5th ANGLICO conduct fast rope training

U.S. Marines with 5th ANGLICO conduct fast rope training from a CH-53, belonging to Marine Tilt Rotor Squadron 252, at the parade field, here, Aug 20, 2014. 5th ANGLICO practices fast roping for real world oper... More

Lance Cpl. Raul Mancillas uses a radio Aug. 22 at the

Lance Cpl. Raul Mancillas uses a radio Aug. 22 at the

Lance Cpl. Raul Mancillas uses a radio Aug. 22 at the Central Training Area. He was requesting an evacuation by CH-53E Super Stallion as part of a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training event. Man... More

Marines share history with the USS Peleliu, before and after 9/11/2001

Marines share history with the USS Peleliu, before and after 9/11/2001

Sergeant Maj. James Roberts (left) and GySgt. Jason M. Whipkey stand on the flight deck of the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) September 10. The Marines were embarked on the ship 13 years ago when it was diverted from Darw... More

U.S. Marines attending Weapons and Tactics Instructor

U.S. Marines attending Weapons and Tactics Instructor

U.S. Marines attending Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course 1-15 map destinations for an external lift exercise Landing Zone Bull, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Calif., Sept. 27, 2014. WTI is ... More

A CH-53E Super Stallion prepares to take off during

A CH-53E Super Stallion prepares to take off during

A CH-53E Super Stallion prepares to take off during the Marine Air Ground Task Force demonstration, one of many performances during the 2014 Miramar Air Show aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct... More

Marines grab a hook hanging from a CH-53E Super Stallion

Marines grab a hook hanging from a CH-53E Super Stallion

Marines grab a hook hanging from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter to attach to a Humvee Oct. 7 here. The training, known as external-lift training, was completed by the pilot and crew of the CH-53E, and the l... More

U.S. Marines participating in exercise Bold Alligator

U.S. Marines participating in exercise Bold Alligator

U.S. Marines participating in exercise Bold Alligator 14, offload supplies from a CH-53E Super Stallion on the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) off the eastern coast of the United States, Oct. 31, 2014. Exercise Bold Alli... More

Captain Ernest Nordman, a logistics officer with 2nd

Captain Ernest Nordman, a logistics officer with 2nd

Captain Ernest Nordman, a logistics officer with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group speaks with the village elder during a field exercise aboard Camp Lejeune... More

Marines inspect a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter

Marines inspect a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter

Marines inspect a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter before it takes off Jan. 24 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan. Four CH-53E helicopters stopped to refuel at MCAS Iwakuni on the way to Misa... More

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, prepare

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, prepare

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marines, prepare to load a CH-53 Sea Stallion at the U.S. Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MWTC) Bridgeport, Calif., Feb. 3, 2015. MWTC trains Marines across t... More

A CH-53E Super Stallion flies an M777-A2 Howitzer to

A CH-53E Super Stallion flies an M777-A2 Howitzer to

A CH-53E Super Stallion flies an M777-A2 Howitzer to the next training area, aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 19, 2015. 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment conducted a live-fire training exercise that ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. William S. Pendleton,

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. William S. Pendleton,

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. William S. Pendleton, a communications chief assigned to Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, monitors rappelling troops during a fast rope exercise at Marine... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Connell Jacy, a crew chief

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Connell Jacy, a crew chief

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Connell Jacy, a crew chief assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461, performs a pre-flight inspection on a CH-53E Super Stallion before conducting parachute operations... More

A CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Aviation

A CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Aviation

A CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) prepares to land at Auxiliary Airfield 2, near Yuma, Ariz., April 3, 2015. The exercise is part of a seven-week tra... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Zachary R. Meighen, an

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Zachary R. Meighen, an

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Zachary R. Meighen, an air crew chief assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366, performs a pre-flight inspection on a CH-53E Super Stallion before conducting a training flig... More

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment,

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment,

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division participate in a heavy huey raid during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-15 at K-9 Village, Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz., April 8,... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Dustin J. Dodge, a crash crewman assigned

U.S. Marine Cpl. Dustin J. Dodge, a crash crewman assigned

U.S. Marine Cpl. Dustin J. Dodge, a crash crewman assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 274, carries a fire hose after a Crash Fire and Rescue training exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C.... More

U.S. Marines Corps CH-53 Super Stallions landing during

U.S. Marines Corps CH-53 Super Stallions landing during

U.S. Marines Corps CH-53 Super Stallions landing during a training exercise aboard Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, April 16, 2015. The training exercise is an air assault in preparation for Marines ... More

A local resident peeks into a CH-53 Super Stallion

A local resident peeks into a CH-53 Super Stallion

A local resident peeks into a CH-53 Super Stallion during a community relations event at Falwell Airport in Lynchburg, Va., April 21, 2015. During the event, those who attended were given the opportunity to go ... More

U.S. Navy Sailors with Amphibious Squadron 4 (PHIBRON)

U.S. Navy Sailors with Amphibious Squadron 4 (PHIBRON)

U.S. Navy Sailors with Amphibious Squadron 4 (PHIBRON) move CH-53 Super Stallions assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) prior to conducting flight operations aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), in ... More

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Amphibious Squadron 4 (PHIBRON) wait for a CH-53 Super Stallion to take off while conducting flight operations aboard the USS Kearsarg... More

U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s

U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s

U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force helocast out of a CH-53 Super Stallion aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, May 14, 2015. These Marines practiced helocasting to ensure the... More

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jaime Torrez provides maintenance

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jaime Torrez provides maintenance

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jaime Torrez provides maintenance on a CH-53E Super Stallion aboard USS Essex (LHD 2) at sea in the Pacific Ocean, May 17, 2015. Torrez is an airframe mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltroto... More

A CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter

A CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter

A CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 366, prepares to takeoff from a landing zone during a helocast training exercise near Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 10, 20... More

U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s

U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s

U.S. Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force fast-rope out of a CH-53E Super Stallion onto the flight deck of the USS Essex (LHD 2) at sea in the Indian Ocean, June 17, 2015. Fast-... More

ARABIAN SEA (June 21, 2015) A U.S. Marine with the

ARABIAN SEA (June 21, 2015) A U.S. Marine with the

ARABIAN SEA (June 21, 2015) A U.S. Marine with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force practices aerial sniping from a CH-53E Super Stallion. The Marines practiced shooting at floating targets ... More

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 perform a foreign object damage (FOD) walk prior to a routine maintenance check at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., July 10, 2015. The F... More

CH-53E avionics technicians with the Marine Medium

CH-53E avionics technicians with the Marine Medium

CH-53E avionics technicians with the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct preventive maintenance on a CH-53E Super Stallion aboard the USS Arlin... More

Pfc. Jesus Reyes, a mortar man with 1st Platoon, Company

Pfc. Jesus Reyes, a mortar man with 1st Platoon, Company

Pfc. Jesus Reyes, a mortar man with 1st Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, detains a role player posing as an enemy aggressor during a Ground Air Integrated Training exercise aboard Marine ... More

A CH-53 Super Stallion lifts up cargo during a helicopter

A CH-53 Super Stallion lifts up cargo during a helicopter

A CH-53 Super Stallion lifts up cargo during a helicopter suspension training exercise at Landing Zone Albatross aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 2, 2015. In real world events, helicopter support team training... More

GULF OF OMAN (Oct. 29, 2015) U.S. Marine Sgt. Gilbert

GULF OF OMAN (Oct. 29, 2015) U.S. Marine Sgt. Gilbert

GULF OF OMAN (Oct. 29, 2015) U.S. Marine Sgt. Gilbert Hopper looks out over the ocean while flying aboard a CH-53E Super Stallion. Hopper is a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 (Reinforced), ... More

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