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Feb 12, 2014

Marines with the Helicopter Support Team, Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, hook a cement block to an MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, 31st MEU, during an external lift capability training exercise here, Feb. 11. To complete an external lift, specially trained Marines hook and ground electrified cables to the payload while an aircraft hovers above. This fast loading process is one of many capabilities that make the 31st MEU flexible when responding to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and conducts two regularly scheduled patrols a year.

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