Marine Corps Sgt. David Edeh and Lance Cpl. Michael Thollander, combat engineers with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 172, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, pull the slack out of a rope after fast roping out of CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a field exercise at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 3, 2021. MWSS-172 held this exercise in order to a show proof of concept for external lifts, to build on the Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations concept, and to improve the engineer company’s combat effectiveness in an expeditionary jungle warfare environ


Marine Corps Sgt. David Edeh and Lance Cpl. Michael Thollander, combat engineers with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 172, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, pull the slack out of a rope after fast roping out of CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a field exercise at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 3, 2021. MWSS-172 held this exercise in order to a show proof of concept for external lifts, to build on the Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations concept, and to improve the engineer company’s combat effectiveness in an expeditionary jungle warfare environment. ( Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin J. Marty)


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