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Marines from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, gear up on the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., just prior to beginning a long-distance night helicopter raid exercise Oct. 16, 2009. The company took off from Yuma in six CH-53s and two MV-22 Ospreys to seize an airfield and rescue an enemy defector and his family, as well as retrieve valuable communication equipment, at Fort Huachuca near Tucson, Ariz. The training was in preparation for the battalion’s upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010. - Marines from Company A, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, gear up on the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., just prior to beginning a long-distance night helicopter raid exercise Oct. 16, 2009. The company took off from Yuma in six CH-53s and two MV-22 Ospreys to seize an airfield and rescue an enemy defector and his family, as well as retrieve valuable communication equipment, at Fort Huachuca near Tucson, Ariz. The training was in preparation for the battalion’s upcoming deployment to Afghanistan in the spring of 2010.

Lance Cpl. Mark W. Briggs, assaultman with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, waits to be extracted in UH-1 helicopters from an urban training range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona during a helicopter raid exercise Oct. 12, 2009. Sixteen Marines landed on the outskirts of the range in four UH-1 helicopters and stormed the buildings from all sides searching for two insurgent leaders, simulating a mission they could be called to perform during their next deployment. The battalion, based in Twentynine Palms, Calif., is scheduled to deploy with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in early 2010, with E Company assigned to specialize in helicopter insertions and raids. Briggs, 25, is a Salt Lake City native. - Lance Cpl. Mark W. Briggs, assaultman with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, waits to be extracted in UH-1 helicopters from an urban training range at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona during a helicopter raid exercise Oct. 12, 2009. Sixteen Marines landed on the outskirts of the range in four UH-1 helicopters and stormed the buildings from all sides searching for two insurgent leaders, simulating a mission they could be called to perform during their next deployment. The battalion, based in Twentynine Palms, Calif., is scheduled to deploy with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in early 2010, with E Company assigned to specialize in helicopter insertions and raids. Briggs, 25, is a Salt Lake City native.

Cpl. Corey C. Haeuplte, squad leader with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, briefs one of his rifle team leaders Cpl. Joshua Diaz near the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., before a helicopter raid training exercise Oct. 10, 2009. Loading on to MV-22 Osprey aircraft in Yuma, the company's 1st Platoon flew to an urban training range in Twentynine Palms, Calif., in order to capture an insurgent leader, simulating a mission they could be called to perform during their next deployment. The battalion, based in Twentynine Palms, is scheduled to deploy with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in early 2010, with E Company assigned to specialize in helicopter insertions and raids. Haeuplte, 23, is a native of Smyrna, Tenn., and Diaz, 21, is a native of Long Beach, Calif. - Cpl. Corey C. Haeuplte, squad leader with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, briefs one of his rifle team leaders Cpl. Joshua Diaz near the flight line at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Ariz., before a helicopter raid training exercise Oct. 10, 2009. Loading on to MV-22 Osprey aircraft in Yuma, the company's 1st Platoon flew to an urban training range in Twentynine Palms, Calif., in order to capture an insurgent leader, simulating a mission they could be called to perform during their next deployment. The battalion, based in Twentynine Palms, is scheduled to deploy with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in early 2010, with E Company assigned to specialize in helicopter insertions and raids. Haeuplte, 23, is a native of Smyrna, Tenn., and Diaz, 21, is a native of Long Beach, Calif.

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