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Sep 9, 2006

Sgt. Milton A. Roberts cuts the rear stabilizer off the separated tail section of a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq, Sept. 9. The helicopter, which made a hard landing Sept. 7, was recovered by Roberts and other Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadrons 273 and 274, Marine Wing Support Group 37 (Reinforced), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward). The helicopter, belonging to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, Marine Aircraft Group 16 (Reinforced), 3rd MAW, was successfully returned by the recovery team to Al Asad, Iraq, Sept. 9. Roberts is a logistics vehicle system operator and Gadsden, Ala., native.

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