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1st Marine Logistics Group
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California
Special delivery: Parachute riggers ensure ground troops receive supplies
Lance Cpl. David Meneses, left, and Lance Cpl. Anthony Martini, right, parachute riggers with Air Delivery Platoon, Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, pack a container delivery system during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-14 near Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 1, 2013. Parachute riggers are essential for transporting heavy loads of food, fuel and ammunition with aircraft such as the C-130 or MV-22 Osprey, enabling ground units to receive supplies faster, safer and at farther distances than they would from a convoy.

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