A crew member with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 "Heavy Haulers" stationed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., attaches a Bambi Bucket through a hatch in the floor of a CH-53E Super Stallion, during annual fire bucket training over Pulgas Lake at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 3. The Bambi Bucket serves as an external water-carrying device used in combating wildfires during the dry summer months of June through November in California. Fighting fire from above, HMH-462 conducts fire bucket training 120503-M-YG675-244

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