Air-Ground team airlifts newest howitzers in historic first [Image 7 of 7]

FIRE BASE FIDDLER'S GREEN, AFGHANISTAN

09.28.2009

Photo by Sgt. Christopher Rye 

I Marine Expeditionary Force

U.S. Marines with Helicopter Support Team, Combat Logistics Battalion- 8, quickly attach a M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer to a CH-53E Super Stallion at the helicopter landing zone aboard Fire Base Fiddler's Green in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Sept. 28, 2009. The Marines are transporting howitzers to broaden 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment's support of Regimental Combat Team- 3. 3/11 and CLB-8 are deployed with RCT-3, whose mission is to conduct counter insurgency operations in partnership with the Afghan national security forces in southern Afghanistan.

• Date Taken: 09.28.2009
• Date Posted: 09.30.2009 04:56
• Photo ID: 207701
• VIRIN: 090928-M-6237R-142
• Resolution: 3600x2400
• Size: 349.29 KB
• Location: FIRE BASE FIDDLER'S GREEN, AF