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Lance Cpl. Chelsee A. Rattray (left), a 24-year-old landing support specialist from Sunnyside, Wash., grounds the dual point hook from a CH-53E Super Stallion while Cpl. Damon M. Robertson, a 27-year-old heavy equipment operator from San Francisco, hooks up the external cargo cable to the helicopter. The Super Stallion, from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 166 (reinforced), Marine Aircraft Group 16, has the ability to lift extremely heavy loads, which the helicopter support team from Combat Service Support Battalion 7, 1st Force Service Support Group, used to lift several decommissioned Assault Amphibian Vehicles and Iraqi armored personnel carriers from Al Asad, Iraq Jan. 9. The vehicles were are to be used by aerial gunners in the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing for target practice before missions.