CURRENT OPERATIONS BRIEF 23 Oct 2014 PHOTO: Marines and Sailors on Black Sea Rotational Force 14, with members of the Romanian Land Forces, worked together during Platinum Lynx at the Carpathian Mountains, Romania. Marines and Romanians fostered knowledge through weapons familiarization classes and mountain warfare training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Young/released)

Outline USMC Personnel Operation Enduring Freedom 36th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps Message For All Marines USMC Personnel Operation Enduring Freedom Global Force Disposition Marine Expeditionary Units 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit 22d Marine Expeditionary Unit 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit

36th COMMANDANT’S MESSAGE FOR ALL MARINES Marines, I am truly honored and humbled to serve as your Commandant. I’d like to begin my tenure by thanking General and Mrs. Amos for their four decades of extraordinary service and commitment. They transition to the next phase of their lives with the admiration, appreciation, and affection of all Marines and their families. The Marine Corps is in great shape. We are recruiting and retaining high quality Marines who are fit, tough, and smart. Our Marines are well led, well trained, and well equipped. The infrastructure at our posts and stations -- our barracks, family housing and training facilities -- has been significantly enhanced over the past decade. We remain forward deployed and forward engaged in the Pacific, South America, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Just in the last year, we have responded to crisis in the Philippines, South Sudan, Libya, and Iraq. In Afghanistan, we have remained engaged in combat operations. We have clearly demonstrated our flexibility, versatility, and adaptability. Marines are relevant and in high demand. We have answered the call and we have delivered! Throughout the last decade, Marines have enhanced their reputation as the Nation’s premier force in readiness. Today’s Marines, like their predecessors, can be very proud to claim the title United States Marine. Despite these accomplishments, much work remains to be done. As Marines, we maintain the highest standards and we constantly seek to improve. We will continue to attack by: -- Maintaining a first-rate, well-trained total force of Marines in a high state of readiness. -- Prioritizing the support of those Marines in harm’s way. -- Developing and fielding MAGTF capabilities that will ensure that the Marine Corps remains an innovative, relevant, naval, expeditionary force-in-readiness. -- Building upon our success in leader development, professional military education, wounded warrior care, and family readiness. Our Corps is informed by your input. I will continue to engage with Marines of all grades to solicit feedback. Your ideas will help us improve our warfighting and crisis response capabilities and provide the foundation for detailed Commandant’s Planning Guidance in the New Year. Know that I’m extraordinarily proud to stand in your ranks. Thanks for who you are and what you do. Continue to march… General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., took command as the 36th Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. His message can be retrieved from http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/Portals/61/Docs/36CMC-Message.pdf

Total on active duty: ~189,600 USMC Personnel Total Deployed: ~33,500 Total Afghanistan: ~2,200 Numbers derived from daily M&RA reporting Numbers for deployed reflect Marine equity only (Sailors are not counted in this or the GFD slide) USMC counts deployed as those Marines forward deployed ISO registered Combatant Commander Requirements – supporting operations, exercises or TSC events. ~33,500 deployed, ~2,200 in Afghanistan. Afghanistan numbers reflect our full complement of Marines and their contributions across Afghanistan as depicted on the next slide. Approximately 37% of Marines are lance corporals and below – our most junior ranks in the Marine Corps. Approximately 61% of Marines are 25 years old or younger. Approximately 6% of our Marines are female. Approximately one out of every nine Marines is an officer. PHOTO: U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, and soldiers with the Afghanistan National Army, walk in a single file across a field during a security patrol in Nad Ali, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on October 7, 2014. Patrols are conducted to disrupt enemy operations against the Bastion-Leatherneck Complex. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John A. Martinez Jr. / Released) Active Component - Operating Forces: ~110,600 Trainees, Transients, Patients, Prisoners: ~26,800 Supporting Establishment: ~49,200 Activated Reservists: ~800 Active Reserve: ~2,300 Total on active duty: ~189,600

Global Force Disposition (As of 23 Oct 14) Operations ~7,500 Amphibious Ops ~6,500 Exercises ~500 TSC ~2,200 WEST OF IDL ~21,900 Total Deployed** ~33,800 NORTHCOM: 2,100 EUCOM: ~700 AFGHANISTAN: ~2,200 OTHER CENTCOM: ~5,100 “Expeditionary Force 21 envisions a posture in which one-third of the Marine Corps’ operating forces will be persistently positioned forward, with a greater variety of unit types distributed appropriately across areas of command responsibility. This gives each GCC the three-fold advantages of forward presence: the recurring dividends available from “soft power”; deterrence derived from credible and capable response; and the freedom of action created by expanded operational reach and tactical flexibility. The Marine Corps will continue the process of tailoring our forward presence. This will enhance our ability to conduct sustained security cooperation activities and develop and maintain interoperability with partner nations, facilitate access, promote stability, deter adversaries, enhance the security of global commerce, and respond to crises as directed by the GCCs. Maintaining a forward-deployed posture to meet crisis response requirements and conduct theater security cooperation activities will require a total force effort to maintain a sustainable 1:2 deployment-to-dwell ratio for active forces and the operational use of reserve forces with a deployment-to-dwell ratio of 1:4.” (EF 21) **Slide Construct: Numbers across the top will not add up to the total deployed. This is because some units are double counted. For example, the 31st MEU is captured in Amphibious Ops and in West of IDL numbers. West of IDL – West of International Date Line, Marines forward deployed in PACOM AO. FAST PLTS USEUCOM USCENTCOM USPACOM USNORTHCOM USSOUTHCOM MARSOC USCENTCOM USPACOM OPERATIONS AMPHIB OPERATIONS EXERCISE/TSC SOUTHCOM: ~100 AFRICOM: ~1,100 PACOM: ~22,000 5 5 5

JORDAN OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND SPMAGTF-CR-cC DET: 5th MAR, 2/7, vma-211, vmm-363, clb-5 ~2,400 pax Kuwait/bahrain/JORDAN isat ~10 PAX IRAQ JORDAN OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM DET: IAs OPCON TO SPMAGTF-CR-CC ~20 pax JORDAN OEF-AFGHANISTAN Det: MEB-A (I MEF FWD) ~2,200 PAX AFGHANISTAN AMEMB SECFOR Det: spmagtf-cr-cc ~150 PAX BAGHDAD, IRAQ AMEMB SECFOR Det: msau ~20 PAX erbil, IRAQ 11th MEU - Currently operating in the CENTCOM AOR. OEF-Afghanistan Security Cooperation Team participating in the Jordan Operational Deployment Program (JODP) to develop Jordanian soldiers ‘proficiency in individual and collective skills. Security Cooperation Team in UAE. AMEMB SECFOR- Marines providing security to the American Embassies in Baghdad and Erbil, Iraq and Sana’a Yemen. Iraq Security Assessment Team (ISAT) – Individual augments conducting assessments of Iraq Security. Special Purpose MAGTF - Crisis Response – CentCom (SPMAGTF- CR-CC) - In response to the Joint Staff New Norm EXORD, SPMAGTF-CR-CC provides the Combatant Commander additional Crisis Response capability. UAE SECURITY COOPERATION Det: MARCENT (FWD) ~50 PAX UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 11th MEU ~2,500 PAX CENTcom amemb SECFOR DET: spmagtf-cr-cc (2/7) ~100 PAX AMEMB SANA’A, YEMEN OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC 13

U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND KMEP 14-13 DET: III MAW ~ 1,000PAX ROK 31st MEU ~2,000 PAX USPACOM OEF-P JSOTF DET: 3d MARDIV, 3d RAD BN ~50 PAX PHILIPPINES 31st MEU – Currently operating in the PACOM AOR and conducting retrograde to Okinawa, Japan. OEF- Philippines - Operational support from III MEF T-AKE – 3d MLG conducting TSC events focused on HA/DR training and mil-to-mil coordination. Korean Marine Exchange Program (KMEP) 14-13 – Conduct of bilateral training in order to maintain proficiency at maneuver with integrated combined arms. AMERICAL II – Training to strengthen regional relations and foster mil-to-mil relationships. HARI HAMUTUK 15 – Conduct of engineering exercise through bilateral and regional cooperation IOT build mil-to-mil relations. KOWARI – Trilateral exercise focused on teaching bush survival skills. PACOM West of International Date Line – Includes permanent personnel stationed in PACOM AO in the operating forces (MEU CE, 4th Mar, Combat Assault Battalion) and bases and stations. Does not include Marines stationed in Hawaii. T-AKE ~100 PAX USPACOM HARI HAMUTUK 15 DET: 3d MARDIV ~50 PAX TIMOR LESTE AMERICAL II DET: I MEF ~100 PAX NEW CALEDONIA KOWARI DET: 3d RECON BN ~100 PAX AUSTRALIA OPERATION PACOM WEST OF IDL TOTAL ~21,900 PAX OPFOR ~19,800 PAX BASES/STATIONS ~2,100 PAX EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC 13

U.S. AFRICA COMMAND SPMAGTF-CR-AF DET: 26th MEU, 2/2, VMM-264, CLB-2 ~1,400 pax MORON, SPAIN / nassig, Italy MAINTENANCE TCT DET: SPMAGTF-CR-AF ~10 PAX GULF OF GUINEA Cjtf-hoa DET: MARFORAF ~50 PAX djibouti AMEMB SECFOR DET: SPMAGTF-CR-AF DET ~50 PAX BANGUI, CAR OP ONWARD LIBERTY DET: MARFORAF ~20 PAX LIBERIA OP UNITED ASSISTANCE DET: SPMAGTF-CR-AF ~100 PAX LIBERIA LOGISTCS / ENGINEER TRAINING DET: SPMAGTF-CR-AF ~50 PAX UGANDA / BURUNDI CJTF HOA Comm Det and IA’s supporting enduring OEF missions in the Horn of Africa. Operation ONWARD LIBERTY (OOL) – Liberian Defense Sector Reform (LSDR); commenced in Jan of 2002 and continues through 2015. MARFORAF provides mentorship and training to the Armed Forces of Liberia IOT professionalize the force. Special Purpose MAGTF - Crisis Response – Africa (SPMAGTF-CR-AF) - In response to the Joint Staff New Norm EXORD, SPMAGTF-CR-CC provides the Combatant Commander additional Crisis Response capability. SPMAGTF-CR-AF’s headquarters is located in Moron, Spain and has detachments located in Sigonella, Italy and MK, Romania. American Embassy SECFOR – A SPMAGTF-CR-AF det conducting security operations in support of newly opened Embassy in Bangui. Operation United Assistance – assist in the overall U.S. Government Foreign Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief efforts to contain the spread of the Ebola Virus/Disease, as part of the international assistance effort supporting the Governments of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Logistics/engineer training – directed to train and equip local forces IOT prepare them for future African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) deployments. Maintenance TCT – Capacity building traingnevent t maintain Hulf of Guinea access and contact with African militaries. OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC 14

SPMAGTF-CR-AF ISO Operation United Assistance 8 Oct - UFN OP UNITED ASSISTANCE ISO Ebola Response in West Africa SPMAGTF-CR-AF West Africa Alert Force ~100 Marines and sailors, 4x MV-22 Ospreys FRSS* Team: provide JFC with a surgical medical capability (U.S. personnel assigned) To provide logistical tilt-rotor airlift support to the Joint Force Commander and our interagency partners, specifically the U.S. Agency for International Development-led effort. At this time, there is no expectation that our Marines and Sailors will be working in high-risk areas or close to Ebola patients. However, we have deliberate preventative health measures in place to protect our Marines and Sailors. Every Marine and Sailor participating in this operation also received extensive training to prepare for the unique challenges associated with operating in this environment. SPMAGTF-CR-AF West Africa Alert Force will assist in the building of Ebola treatment units and increase airlift capabilities to bring supplies in the harder to reach areas of Liberia; The U.S. Agency for International Development is the lead U.S. government organization for Operation United Assistance. U.S. Africa Command is supporting the effort by providing command and control, logistics, training and engineering assets to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. Evolution highlights the following AFRICOM Communication Themes: (1) Partnership for support and stability (2) Response to crisis and humanitarian assistance (3) Protection of U.S. personnel. CAPTION: U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Anthony Kite, assigned to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Africa, looks out of an MV-22B Osprey as they prepare to land at the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia while supporting Operation United Assistance in Monrovia, Liberia, Oct. 13, 2014. Operation United Assistance is part of a comprehensive U.S. Government effort, led by the U.S. Agency for International Development, to respond to and contain the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa as quickly as possible. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andre Dakis/SP-MAGTF Crisis Response - Africa Combat Camera/Released) Marines from the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Crises Response, out of Moron, Spain, stand in line to have their temperature checked as the exit the KC-130 that brought them. They will assist in the building of Ebola treatment units in the harder to reach areas of Liberia along the four MV-22 Ospreys they brought with them. The U.S. Agency for International Development is the lead U.S. government organization for Operation United Assistance. U.S. Africa Command is supporting the effort by providing command and control, logistics, training and engineering assets to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West African nations. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Sgt. 1st Class Will Patterson) *Forward Resuscitative Surgical System

U.S. EUROPE COMMAND SPMAGTF-CR-AF DET ~200 PAX ROMANIA Black sea rotational force DET: MARFOReur ~250 PAX romania Georgia deployment program-isaf 2 DET: MARFOREUR ~100 PAX georgia Georgia Deployment Program – Resolute Support Mission (RSM) – Execute a program to organize, train, equip, deploy and redeploy three Georgian Infantry BN’s in order to conduct force protection and Quick Reaction Force (QRF) missions in support of (ISO) the Resolute Support Mission (RSM) in Afghanistan. The execution of GDP-RSM is intended to continue improving the government of Georgia’s ability to initiate and sustain the deployment of its forces to Afghanistan while increasing Georgia’s additional force contribution in support of the Afghanistan mission. GDP-RSM constitutes a combination of the training program of Georgian forces for ISAF. Black Sea Rotational Force (BSRF) – deploys in support for COMMARFOREUR crisis and contingency response while also conducting TSC activities in the EUCOM AO. Joint Warrior – NATO exercise to facilitate joint collective training and pre-deployment training. SPMAGTF-CR-AF Det B– Force protection company OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC

U.S. SOUTH COMMAND PERU PTP MTT DET: MARForsouth ~10 pax PERU COMBINED EXCHANGE TRAINING DET: MARForsouth ~20 pax BRAZIL Peru Pre-Deployment Training – Conduct and supervision of CTOC training including small unit infantry tactics and riverine skills Brazil Combined Exchange Training – Conduct training of advanced reconnaissance skills and amphibious command and control planning exchange IOT increase interoperability ISO regional security. Amphibious Assault-Vehicle Maintenance SMEE – conduct professional exchanged designated to discuss and compare AAV maintenance programs IOT increase awareness and proficiency. AMPHIB ASSAULT VEHICLE MAINT MTT DET: MARForsouth ~10 pax ARGENTINA OPERATION EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC 15

U.S. NORTH COMMAND 15th MEU Pre-deployed Camp PENDLETON 24th MEU Camp lejeune 22d MEU ~2,200 pax ffc OPERATION 15th MEU - Pre-Deployed in Camp Pendleton conducting MEU exercises 24th MEU – Pre-Deployed in Camp Lejeune conducting MEU exercises 22nd MEU – Currently operating in the NORTHCOM transiting CONUS. JTF-N - DoD tactical support ISO US Border patrol. They have assisted in the seizure of Marijuana and Undocumented Aliens (UDAS) crossing the border. JTF-N border patrol support DET: MARFORRES ~30 pax Texas border area EMBARKED WITH USN USMC EXERCISE/TSC

Marine Expeditionary Units 13th MEU CAMP PENDLETON, CA 26th MEU CAMP LEJEUNE, NC 24th MEU CAMP LEJEUNE 22d MEU fcc 15th MEU CAMP PENDLETON 11th MEU CENTcom 31st MEU PAcom Photos (from left to right): MV-22B Ospreys with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Aviation Combat Element, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) conduct flight operations aboard the USS Iwo Jima during the MEU’s fourth and final pre-deployment exercise, Combined Unit Training Exercise. The MV-22B Osprey is designed for expeditionary assault support, raid operations, cargo lift and special warfare. It has the ability to carry 24 combat-loaded Marines five times the distance and two times the speed of its predecessor, the CH-46 Sea Knight. The Osprey can take off like a helicopter and fly like an airplane. A machine gunner with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires an M240B machinegun during a gunners qualification aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Oct. 19. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the embarked 11th MEU are deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Laura Y. Raga/Released) U.S. Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a conditioning hike Camp Lejeune, Sept. 4, 2014. The Marine hiked with flack and Kevlar to enhance mission readiness and insure physical endurance capabilities are met in combat situations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jeraco Jenkins/Released). PRE-DEPLOYED DEPLOYED POST-DEPLOYED 13 13 13

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit COL R. DASMALCHI BLT 3/5, VMM-262 (REIN), VMA-542, CLB–31 DEPLOYMENT DATES: MAY 14 – NOV 14 USS PELELIU (LHA-5) USS GERMANTOWN (LSD-42) 14.1/14.2 TURNOVER MAY 14 SOTG COURSES JUN 14 BI-LATERAL TSC JUN - AUG 14 SQUAD INFANTRY TSC - TAIWAN AUG 14 PMEP AUG 14 AMPHIB INTEGRATION TRAINING SEP 14 TEMPEST WIND SEP 14 CERTEX / PHIBLEX OCT 14

22d Marine Expeditionary Unit HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT ASSESSMENT COL W. R. DUNN BLT 1/6, VMM-263 (REIN), CLB-22 DEPLOYMENT DATES: FEB 2014 – OCT 2014 USS BATAAN (LHD-5) USS MESA VERDE (LPD-19) USS GUNSTON HALL (LSD-44) PMINT CAMP LEJUENE OCT 2013 FRENCH BI-LAT DJIBOUTI MAY 2014 ARG-MEU EX CAMP LEJUENE NOV 2013 EAGER LION JORDAN JUN 2014 COMPTUEX CAMP LEJUENE DEC 2013 SUSTAINMENT TRAINING KUWAIT JUN/AUG 2014 SPANISH PHIBLEX SPAIN FEB 2014 HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT ASSESSMENT IRAQ AUG 2014 NOBLE SHIRLEY ISRAEL MAR 2014 GREEK BI-LAT GREECE MAR 2014 SEA SOLDIER OMAN APR 2014

11th Marine Expeditionary Unit COL M. G. TROLLINGER BLT 2/1, VMM-163 (REIN), CLB-11 DEPLOYMENT DATES: JUL 2014 – JAN 2015 USS MAKIN ISLAND (LHD-8) USS SAN DIEGO (LPD-22) USS COMSTOCK (LSD-45) R2P2 CAMP PENDLETON JAN 2014 COUGAR VOYAGE CENTCOM OCT 2014 PMINT CAMP PENDLETON APR 2014 SUSTAINMENT TRAINING KUWAIT OCT - NOV 2014 COMPTUEX CAMP PENDLETON MAY 2014 CERTEX CAMP PENDLETON JUN 2014 SUSTAINMENT TRAINING HAWAII JUN - AUG 2014 MALAYSIA MAREX PACOM AUG - SEP 2014 SUSTAINMENT TRAINIG SEP - OCT 2014

24th Marine Expeditionary Unit CAMP LEJEUNE/FT. EUSTIS COL S. F. BENEDICT BLT 3/6, VMM-365 (REIN), CLB-24 DEPLOYMENT DATES: DEC 2014 – JUL 2015 USS IWO JIMA (LHD-7) USS NEW YORK (LPD-21) USS FORT MCHENRY (LSD-43) COMPOSITE CAMP LEJEUNE MAY 2014 RUT CAMP LEJEUNE/FT. EUSTIS JUL 2014 PMINT CAMP LEJEUNE AUG 2014 ARG MEU EX CAMP LEJEUNE SEP 2014 COMPTUEX CAMP LEJEUE OCT 2014

15th Marine Expeditionary Unit COL V. L. CRYER BLT 3/1, VMM-161 (REIN), CLB-15 DEPLOYMENT DATES: APR – NOV 15 USS ESSEX (LHD-2) USS ANCHORAGE (LPD-23) USS RUSHMORE (LSD-47) COMPOSITE CAMP PENDLETON OCT 2014

USMC Future Force Posture 2014-2020 UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO USMC Future Force Posture 2014-2020 The Nation’s Crisis Response Force forward deployed and poised to rapidly respond to Crises within the arc of instability and within regions of anticipated future conflicts. In an era of fiscal austerity, force reductions, and uncertainty associated with the “New Norm” environment, the USMC Future Force Posture Plan thickens the forward deployed Marine force posture and provides more flexibility in employing the ARG/MEU within each Geographic Combatant Command (GCC) coupled with an inherent reach-back capability for additional USMC CONUS-Based CR Forces providing the NSS and Joint Staff with myriad Crisis Response options while gaining efficiencies in meeting GCC Security Cooperation and Security Force Assistance requirements. MCPP-N CONUS-Based 1st & 2nd MEB CR SPMAGTF-CR-CC SPMAGTF-CR-AF III MEF Alert Contingency MAGTF Elements of III MEF The Command Element for SPMAGTF-CR-AF will be Infantry Regiment HQs/Off-Cycle MEUs HQs of II MEF that will rotate on an approximate six month basis after a three month PTP/work-up between 2d Marines, 6th Marines, 8th Marines, 22d MEU, 24th MEU, and 26th MEU. SPMAGTF-CR-AF in the USEUCOM/USAFRICOM AOR is allocated (OPCON/TACON) to USAFRICOM with a portion of the SPMAGTF-CR-AF aligned to support the BSRF requirement in USEUCOM (approximately 270 Marines). The forces supporting the USEUCOM BSRF requirement will remain postured in Constanta, Romania. The FY15 GFMAP includes a SPMAGTF-CR-CC allocated to USCENTCOM combining all of the Theater Security Cooperation/Security Force Assistance (TSC/SFA), SECFOR, RFF-1200 requirements, and a Crisis Response Force. It will be based on the Infantry Regiment HQs/Off-Cycle MEU HQs of I MEF: 1st Marines, 5th Marines, 7th Marines, 11th MEU, 13th MEU, and 15th MEU. Planning is ongoing for SPMAGTF-CR-SOUTHCOM (SC) for a FY15 initial deployment. ARG/MEU ARG/MEU MCRF-S MPSRON 3 Elements of SPMAGTF CR MRF-Guam MPSRON 2 SPMAGTF-CR-SC MRF-Darwin Choke Points Piracy Regions of Naval Maneuver Current force posture Current Basing Support MPSRON Future force posture Arc of instability Updated: 10 Oct 2014 The Future Force Posture Plan (multiple forward deployed tailored MAGTFs) gains efficiencies and provides a sustainable, enduring, world-wide CR capability.

CURRENT OPERATIONS BRIEF THIS CONCLUDES THE CURRENT OPERATIONS BRIEF PHOTO: A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter flies with a Humvee attached to it Oct. 7 here. The CH-53E is able to lift a max weight of 73,500 pounds, which includes its own weight, and is able to lift not only vehicles, but expeditionary bridges and even other aircraft. The CH-53E is with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, currently assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III MEF, under the unit deployment program.