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Marine Corps 1st Lt. Max C. Caggiano, right, gives a preflight brief in preparation for an external lift training exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Jan. 7, 2015. Caggiano is a pilot assigned to the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366. The training consisted of CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters and landing support Marines rehearsing the insertion and extraction of cargo through air support.

Marine Corps 1st Lt. Max C. Caggiano, right, gives a preflight brief in preparation for an external lift training exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Jan. 7, 2015. Caggiano is a pilot assigned to the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366. The training consisted of CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters and landing support Marines rehearsing the insertion and extraction of cargo through air support.

Marine Corps 1st Lt. Max C. Caggiano, right, gives a preflight brief in preparation for an external lift training exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Jan. 7, 2015. Caggiano is a pilot assigned to the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366. The training consisted of CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters and landing support Marines rehearsing the insertion and extraction of cargo through air support.

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