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Does anyone remember ‘Wing Commander’? I forgot how awesome this movie was…. They seriously stopped making scifi movies like this.
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 wait to approach a cargo hookup site in Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 22. Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 made history with the landing support team Marines and the Kaman K1200, “K-MAX,” unmanned helicopter by performing the first unmanned, mid-flight cargo hookups.
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 return from familiarizing themselves with the downward thrust of a Kaman K1200, or “K-MAX,” unmanned helicopter during initial testing in Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 22. Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 pioneered the first unmanned, mid-flight external cargo hookups, and delivered approximately 6,000 pounds of gear in their first day of testing.
Sgt. Brianna Conte, a landing support team leader with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 and Lafayette, Calif., native, directs her team after executing an external cargo hookup with a hovering Kaman K1200, “K-MAX,” unmanned helicopter in Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 22. The CLB-5 Marines made history with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 by performing the world’s first unmanned “hot hookups” and assisting in the delivery of nearly 6,000 pounds of gear on the first day of trials.
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 wait to approach a cargo hookup site in Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 22. Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 made history with the landing support team Marines and the Kaman K1200, “K-MAX,” unmanned helicopter by performing the first unmanned, mid-flight cargo hookups.
blockor we would be forced to leave chow plates behind because the dfac ran out of to go plates and they didn’t want to let us take food out in two plates.
That crap is so typical! I hate seeing these “leaders” who are more concerned with the color of a Marine’s socks than a Marine’s welfare.
It reveals someone’s true colors when they do that, and the fact that they’ve never been off Leatherneck, haha. If you’ve been out to even ONE PB/COP you know why that Marine looks like shit, and it’s ok.
Landing support team Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 rush toward a hovering Kaman K1200, “K-MAX,” unmanned helicopter in Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 22. Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 made history with the CLB-5 Marines by performing the first ever unmanned, mid-flight cargo hookups, also known as “hot hookups.”
A Kaman K1200, “K-MAX,” unmanned helicopter with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 hovers over a cargo load in Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 22. The squadron broke new ground with the platform by performing the first mid-flight, unmanned cargo hookups with landing support team Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 5.
Now that it’s gotten about 50 notes, I feel the need to note that my photo of an Afghan woman and her child was supposed to accompany an officially released story.
My chain didn’t see why it was relevant or any reason to release the photo, so it wasn’t included with the story.
It has more notes than any of the other photos combined, and has apparently struck a chord.
This is why the Marine Corps fails at public affairs.
Marines with Regimental Combat Team 5 and members of the Afghan National Army’s military police post security while performing vehicle interdiction operations in southwestern Afghanistan May 17. Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 flew the Marines and Afghan personnel along known drug trafficking routes looking for suspicious vehicles.
