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3rd MAW helo pulls Recon Marines out of water during wet SPIE rigging

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Oct. 8, 2021) The crew of a U.S. Marine UH-1Y Venom helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, lowers a rope into the water while conducting wet special patrol insertion and extraction rigging training with Marines from 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, off the coast of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, October 8, 2021. SPIE rigging techniques are used to rapidly insert and extract Marines when a landing zone is unavailable. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

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Uploaded on October 16, 2021
Taken on October 8, 2021