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180719-M-LK477-2001 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July 19, 2018) Video highlighting the history of Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay and it's involvement in the Rim of the Pacific exercise (RIMPAC) 2018, July 19, 2018. RIMPAC provides high-value training for task-organized, highly capable Marine Air-Ground Task Force and enhances the critical crisis response capability of U.S. Marines in the Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Luke Kuennen)

U.S. Marine Corps Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 (HMH-463), Marine Aircraft Group 24, conduct an external lift of a SH-60B Seahawk helicopter with a CH-53E Super Stallion at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, March 29, 2018. HMH-463 used their heavy lift capabilities to facilitate joint support for the U.S. Army’s 209th Aviation Support Battalion training event by relocating their aircraft to Wheeler Army Airfield. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Eric Tso)

On Jan. 11, 1945 the first elements of Marine Aircraft Group 24 landed on the south shore of the Lingayen Gulf on the western coast of the Luzon Islands in the Philippines. They provided close air support to nearly 175,000 Army forces that trekked across the 20-mile beach head. They made a major contribution to the large scale Army drive to retake the Philippines.