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U.S. Marines Cpls. Joshua P. Russell, right, and Johnny Luciano-Cruz strap down a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter onto a C-17 Globemaster on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Nov. 1, 2013. Russell, an air framer, and Luciano-Cruz, an embarkation specialist, are assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462.

U.S. Marines Cpls. Joshua P. Russell, right, and Johnny Luciano-Cruz strap down a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter onto a C-17 Globemaster on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Nov. 1, 2013. Russell, an air framer, and Luciano-Cruz, an embarkation specialist, are assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462.

U.S. Marines Cpls. Joshua P. Russell, right, and Johnny Luciano-Cruz strap down a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter onto a C-17 Globemaster on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Nov. 1, 2013. Russell, an air framer, and Luciano-Cruz, an embarkation specialist, are assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462.

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