Marines with Combat Logistic Battalion (CLB) 11 prepare a 6,200 pound steel beam for a CH-53E Super Stallion lift aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 7. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 465 and CLB-11 practiced daytime external lift training to prepare for deployments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Robinson/Released) - Marines with Combat Logistic Battalion (CLB) 11 prepare a 6,200 pound steel beam for a CH-53E Super Stallion lift aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Jan. 7. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 465 and CLB-11 practiced daytime external lift training to prepare for deployments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Robinson/Released)

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 462 lifts a decommissioned rocket pod during training with a Helicopter Support Team (HST) with Combat Logistic Battalion (CLB) 13 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 23. HMH-462 transported simulated cargo while the HST conducted training which included connecting and disconnecting cargo. - A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 462 lifts a decommissioned rocket pod during training with a Helicopter Support Team (HST) with Combat Logistic Battalion (CLB) 13 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 23. HMH-462 transported simulated cargo while the HST conducted training which included connecting and disconnecting cargo.

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 462 maintains an extremely low altitude for a Helicopter Support Team with Combat Logistics Regiment 17 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Aug. 21. HMH-462 transported simulated cargo while the HST conducted training that included connecting and disconnecting cargo. - A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 462 maintains an extremely low altitude for a Helicopter Support Team with Combat Logistics Regiment 17 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Aug. 21. HMH-462 transported simulated cargo while the HST conducted training that included connecting and disconnecting cargo.

Reconnaissance Marines from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., disembark a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 465 during a troop lift exercise aboard MCB Camp Pendleton, June 3. A parachute operation was also involved with the troop lift during the collaborative training between the reconnaissance Marines and HMH-465. - Reconnaissance Marines from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., disembark a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 465 during a troop lift exercise aboard MCB Camp Pendleton, June 3. A parachute operation was also involved with the troop lift during the collaborative training between the reconnaissance Marines and HMH-465.

A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 fires warning flares over southwestern Afghanistan May 17. The squadron supported vehicle interdiction operations with Regimental Combat Team 5 and members of the Afghan National Army's military police. - A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 fires warning flares over southwestern Afghanistan May 17. The squadron supported vehicle interdiction operations with Regimental Combat Team 5 and members of the Afghan National Army's military police.

Staff Sgt. Philip Michel, a Crew Chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, observes fuel bladders being carried underneath a CH-53E Super Stallion en route to northern Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 26. Two CH-53E Super Stallions from HMH-466 transported approximately 2,000 pounds of fuel to 1st Tank Battalion. - Staff Sgt. Philip Michel, a Crew Chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, observes fuel bladders being carried underneath a CH-53E Super Stallion en route to northern Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 26. Two CH-53E Super Stallions from HMH-466 transported approximately 2,000 pounds of fuel to 1st Tank Battalion.