A Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter externally lifts a compact track loader assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 172, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, during a field exercise at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, July 19, 2022. MWSS-172 held this exercise in order to demonstrate proof of concept for external lifts, to refine 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 Pfc. Justin J. Marty)

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Keywords: combat, eabo, engineer, japan, jungle, mwss-171, mwss-172, warfare