Cpl. Chris A. Fernandez provides security during a training exercise July 30 at Landing Zone Falcon in the Central Training Area. The mission was to insert via helicopter into an area, secure the landing zone, and gather and send intelligence to higher headquarters before being extracted, according to Fernandez, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. photo by Lance Cpl. Natalie M. Rostran UDP Marines take to air after collecting intel 130730-M-ZH183-006

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