CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter. Row of CH-46E Sea Knights and another Super Stallion at Camp Rhino in Southern Afghanistan 08 December 2001. The Marines are members of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit from Camp Pendleton, CA, and are currently tasked with base security and interdicting lines of communication and escape for Al Qaeda forces fleeing from opposition forces
A US Marine relaxes on a 500 gallon fuel pod as he waits for the dust cloud from a Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter to disperse