Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 1 hook a M777A2
Summary
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 1 hook a M777A2 lightweight howitzer up to a Ch-53 super stallion helicopter during Exercise Desert Scimitar at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 8, 2014. Desert Scimitar is a two-week, combined-element exercise to prepare Marines for deployments. The Ch-53 is able to transport a howitzer quickly to locations that would otherwise be inaccessible. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashton Buckingham)
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Date
09/05/2014
Location
Twentynine Palms Base (historical), 34.22900, -116.05685
Source
Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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