Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Diego Rodriguez, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, attempts to latch a Humvee to a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), both with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), during external lift training at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 19, 2023. This helicopter support team exercise was conducted to certify pilots in sling load operations and improve tactical proficiency. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and le
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Diego Rodriguez, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, attempts to latch a Humvee to a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), both with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), during external lift training at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Feb. 19, 2023. This helicopter support team exercise was conducted to certify pilots in sling load operations and improve tactical proficiency. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler Harmon)
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