Steel Knight Rising
A CH-53E Super Stallion Helicopter takes off with a M777 howitzer at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 6, 2013. A Helicopter Support Team with Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, supported the operation in preparation for Exercise Steel Knight 2014, an annual exercise designed to prepare 1st Marine Division for deployment with the Marine Air-Ground Task Force as the Ground Combat Element with the support of 1st MLG and 3rd Marine Air Wing. Combined, the MAGTF is able to deploy and respond in a timely manner to any situation across the globe.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Keenan Zelazoski/Released). Original public domain image from Flickr