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[Complete] Scene Caption: A CH-53E "Super Stallion" helicopter from HMH-461, MCAS New River, North Carolina, externally lifts an M998 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) during HST (Helicopter Support Team) Training as it prepares to land at TLZ (Tactical Landing Zone) Wilson during COMBINED ARMS Exercise (CAX) 6-97. CAX 5/6-97 is a MAGTF (Marine Air Ground Task Force) exercise being conducted at MCAGCC (Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center), 29 Palms, California. The command element for this exercise is MAGTF-6, which is built around the 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Many commands from the II MEF (Marine Expeditionary Force) have sent units to this desert warfare exercise, to fill key billets in the Ground Combat Element (GCE), Air Combat Element (ACE) and the Combat Service Support Element (CSSE).
Subject Operation/Series: CAX 6-97
Base: Twentynine Palms
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Major Command Shown: II MEF
Scene Camera Operator: SGT B. E. Vancise, Usmc
Release Status: Released to Public
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