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    Raid force refines fast-rope skills at sea [Image 1 of 2]

    Raid force refines fast-rope skills at sea

    PACIFIC OCEAN

    12.09.2011

    Photo by Capt. Roger Hollenbeck 

    11th Marine Expeditionary Unit   

    A Marine with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, fast-ropes from a CH-46E Sea Knight parked on USS Makin Island’s flight deck to the hangar Dec. 9. The aircraft is from the unit’s aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced). The MEU embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego Nov. 14, beginning a seven-month deployment to the western Pacific and Middle East regions.

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 12.09.2011
    Date Posted: 12.09.2011 04:36
    Photo ID: 496521
    VIRIN: 111209-M-TX802-001
    Resolution: 2549x1505
    Size: 1.19 MB
    Location: PACIFIC OCEAN

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