MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII – A Marine with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment runs from a CH-53E super stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 after fast roping into Landing Zone 216 during a simulation of Operation Gothic Serpent aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Dec. 10, 2016. Operation Gothic Serpent was a military operation conducted by Special Forces in Somalia, Africa from August to October 1993.

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