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Video by Cpl. Theodore Bergan

CH-53E Camouflage timelapse

III Marine Expeditionary Force

Nov. 1, 2016 | 0:35

Time lapse video footage of U.S. Marine Corps flight crew assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361, forward deployed to Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing applying camouflage netting to a CH-53E Super Stallion Helicopter during Blue Chromite 2017, in Okinawa, Japan, November 01, 2016. Camouflaging the aircraft overnight is one of the methods used by forward deployed Marines during BC17 to remain agile with a reduced signature according to recent guidance from the Commandant. Blue Chromite is a U.S. only exercise which strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps expeditionary, amphibious rapid-response capabilities based in Okinawa and the greater Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (Motion Imagery by Cpl. Theodore Bergan)