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    Mountain Exercise (MTNEX) 6-13 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC) Bridgeport, California [Image 78 of 90]

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    Military personnel in digital camouflage uniforms are disembarking from a large military aircraft onto a tarmac in an arid, mountainous environment. The foreground soldier is fully combat-loaded with a large rucksack, helmet, sunglasses, and carries an assault rifle. A second service member stands near the aircraft ramp, appearing to direct or greet the disembarking troops.

    BRIDGEPORT, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    10.19.2013

    Photo by Master Sgt. Daniel Kauppila 

    Marine Corps Air Station Miramar

    U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (1/5), 1st Marine Division from Camp Pendleton, Calif. disembark a 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. at the expeditionary air field at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC) Bridgeport, California during Mountain Exercise (MTNEX) 6-13, Oct 19, 2013. 1/5 conducted battalion 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 23:46
    Photo ID: 1037938
    VIRIN: 131019-M-PS707-284
    Resolution: 5760x3840
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    Location: BRIDGEPORT, CALIFORNIA, US
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    CH-53E Super Stallion

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