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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Oct. 8, 2021) U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, hang beneath a helicopter during wet special patrol insertion and extraction rigging training with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, off the coast of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, October 8, 2021. SPIE rigging techniques are used to rapidly insert and extract Marines when a landing zone is unavailable. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)