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Marines with 1st Expeditionary Operations board a CH-53E Super Stallion for a free fall jump at 10,000 feet above Drop Zone Basilone, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 21. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 462 supported the 1st EOTG in their parachute-operations training. This training is intended to improve the Marines’ skill for future uses of this knowledge, such as a deployment situation. Units like the 1st EOTG deploy often and this training allows the Marines to be ready to deploy at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Robinson/Released) - Marines with 1st Expeditionary Operations board a CH-53E Super Stallion for a free fall jump at 10,000 feet above Drop Zone Basilone, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 21. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 462 supported the 1st EOTG in their parachute-operations training. This training is intended to improve the Marines’ skill for future uses of this knowledge, such as a deployment situation. Units like the 1st EOTG deploy often and this training allows the Marines to be ready to deploy at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Robinson/Released)

Marines with 1st Radio Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force, prepare to conduct a parachute drop out of a KC-130J Super Hercules at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 8. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352 assisted the battalion with the parachute drop. - Marines with 1st Radio Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force, prepare to conduct a parachute drop out of a KC-130J Super Hercules at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 8. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352 assisted the battalion with the parachute drop.