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A convoy with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 pauses in the desert of southwest Afghanistan May 4. MWSS-273 Marines and Sailors traveled to southwestern Afghanistan to build a safe helicopter landing zone for the personnel of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment. - A convoy with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 pauses in the desert of southwest Afghanistan May 4. MWSS-273 Marines and Sailors traveled to southwestern Afghanistan to build a safe helicopter landing zone for the personnel of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment.

‘Sweathogs’ construct new helo pad for isolated outpost

The Marines and Sailors of Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, live minimally - to say the least - at their tiny outpost in southwestern Afghanistan.With only a dirt square outside their compound for a helicopter pad, swirling dust clouds made by helicopters landing and taking off, known as “brownouts,” make the delivery of necessary

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