Posted: 01/01/2009
U.S. Marines hook a shipping container with more than 20,000 pounds of supplies to a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter on Forward Operating Base Delaram, Afghanistan, Jan. 2, 2009. The Marines are assigned to Helicopter Support Team Marine. The supplies will be used to construct a forward operating base or combat outpost. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Juan D. Alfonso