Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Internally Transportable Vehicle (ITV) in action with 11th MEU.

Cpl. Anthony Jones guides a light utility vehicle into a CH-53E heavy lift helicopter with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit' s aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced), during an aerial transport exercise here May 24. Jones, 23, a Stuart, Fla. native, is a mortarman serving with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, the ground combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
Photo ByLine: Lance Cpl. Claudia M. Palacios

Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, load a Expeditionary Fire Support System into a CH-53E heavy lift helicopter from the MEU's aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) during an aerial transport exercise here May 24. This is the first time the system has been loaded into an aircraft on the West Coast.
Photo ByLine: Lance Cpl. Claudia M. Palacios

Lance Cpl. Romero Almanza from Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, removes a roll cage from a light utility vehicle during an aerial transport exercise here May 24. This is the first time that the Expeditionary Fire Support System has been loaded into an aircraft on the West Coast.
Photo ByLine: Lance Cpl. Claudia M. Palacios