Three U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopters with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 (HMH-466), Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW) from Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar, San Diego, Calif. conduct a battalion extraction of 440 Marines with U.S. Marines from 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division from Camp Pendleton, Calif.  at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC) Bridgeport, California while conducting detachment operations during Mountain Exercise (MTNEX) 6-13, Oct 19, 2013. HMH-466 conducted squadron training and combined arms operations at MCMWTC Bridgeport, in order to continue pre-deployment training program (PTP) requirements in support of MTNEX 6-13. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Master Sgt. Daniel F. Kauppila, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, Combat Camera/Released)
Master Sgt. Daniel Kauppila
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