M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer Loaded onto an CH-53E Super Stallion

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 8 wait to attach a M777A2 Lightweight Howitzer to an incoming CH-53E Super Stallion at the helicopter landing zone here Sept. 28, 2009. The Marines transported three howitzers from 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, to support 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines' operations in neighboring Nimruz province. Photo by Sgt. Christopher R. Rye