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    Mountain Exercise (MTNEX) 6-13 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC) Bridgeport, California [Image 49 of 90]

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    A large military helicopter, identifiable as a Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion, is captured in a low hover or landing phase over a dry grass field. The setting appears to be a mountainous, forested area with snow-capped peaks visible in the background. A second helicopter of the same type is partially visible in the background to the left.

    BRIDGEPORT, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    10.19.2013

    Photo by Master Sgt. Daniel Kauppila 

    Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

    Three U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 (HMH-466), Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW) from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, San Diego, Calif. conduct a battalion extraction of 440 Marines with U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division from Camp Pendleton, Calif. at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC) Bridgeport, California while conducting detachment operations during Mountain Exercise (MTNEX) 6-13, Oct 19, 2013. HMH-466 conducted squadron training and combined arms operations at MCMWTC Bridgeport, in order to continue pre-deployment training program (PTP) requirements in support of MTNEX 6-13. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Master Sgt. Daniel F. Kauppila, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Combat Camera/Released)

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    Date Taken: 10.19.2013
    Date Posted: 10.21.2013 23:58
    Photo ID: 1037909
    VIRIN: 131019-M-PS707-144
    Resolution: 5760x3840
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    Location: BRIDGEPORT, CALIFORNIA, US
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    5th Marine Regiment
    CH-53E Super Stallion

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