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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Stephen Lapek teaches a class for fellow Marines on the proper procedure for rigging an M777A2 lightweight howitzer for helicopter transport at Fire Base Fiddler's Green, Afghanistan, Sept. 23, 2009. Lapek is assigned to India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment and deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3 to conduct counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan.

RIGGING CLASS

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Stephen Lapek teaches a class for fellow Marines on the proper procedure for rigging an M777A2 lightweight howitzer for helicopter transport at Fire Base Fiddler's Green, Afghanistan, Sept. 23, 2009. Lapek is assigned to India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment and deployed with Regimental Combat Team 3 to conduct counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan.

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