The Pic of the Day: Heavy Lift Operations
U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines prepare to attach an M777 Howitzer with a CH-53E Super Stallion for an external lift at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 3, 2022.
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U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines prepare to attach an M777 Howitzer with a CH-53E Super Stallion for an external lift at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 3, 2022.
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US Marine Raiders and Green Berets hold exercise RAVEN to test and refine predeployment MARSOC unit readiness
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A U.S. Marine Corps High Mobility Artillery Rocket System with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, exits a hide before a simulated fire mission while training at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 21, 2022.
Naval Aircrewman (Helicopter) 1st Class Vincent Meza, assigned to the “Eightballers” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 8, surveys a landing site on San Clemente Island.
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A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242 conducts a short take off from Ie Shima, Japan, Oct. 18, 2022.
U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 720th Special Tactics Group out of Hurlburt Field, Fla., jump out of a C-130J Hercules aircraft during water rescue training above Choctawhatchee Bay, over the Destin coastline in Florida
Airmen from the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department conduct training at the Silver Flag area of Kadena Air Base, Japan, Dec. 2 during Beverly High 09-01, a local operational readiness exercise to test the readiness of Kadena’s 18th Wing Airmen.
Mark I series tank and crewman at Thetford in “Solomon” camouflage
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Manny, the depot mascot for Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego, attends the U.S. Navy’s 247th birthday cake cutting ceremony aboard MCRD San Diego, Oct. 13, 2022.