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11th Marine Expeditionary Unit
I Marine Expeditionary Force

Dec 2, 2011

Crew chief Lance Cpl. David Pyer fires an M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun from a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 (Reinforced) during a live-fire exercise here Dec. 2. The squadron is the aviation combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which embarked USS Makin Island, USS New Orleans and USS Pearl Harbor in San Diego Nov. 14, beginning a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific and Middle East regions. Pyer, 21, is from Elkhart, Ind.

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