Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta boards a Marine Corps VH-3D Sea King helicopter assigned to Marine Helicopter Squadron (HMX) 1 at the Pentagon Aug. 10, 2012. Panetta traveled aboard the helicopter to the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va., to speak at a Marine Corps Officer Candidates School commissioning ceremony. (DoD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo/Released) Read more: #.UpNnb8Ssh8E#ixzz2lfc2UUv4 HMX-1 66 years of flight 131127-M-NS123-001

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