Marine Corps Sgt. Joel Eicher, a tiltrotor crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, prepares to conduct an external lift during a Helicopter Support Team exercise with the Combat Logistics Detachment 34, also attached to SPMAGTF-CR-CC, in Southwest Asia, March 20, 2019. The HST exercise provides proficiency training to landing support specialists with CLD 34 and VMM-264 pilots in the insertion and extraction of assets in restrictive terrain.

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