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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ryan P. Wells provides aerial security from inside a CH-53E Super Stallion over Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2013. Wells is a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, which conducted a mission as part of demilitarization.

AERIAL SECURITY

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ryan P. Wells provides aerial security from inside a CH-53E Super Stallion over Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2013. Wells is a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, which conducted a mission as part of demilitarization.

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