User submit: Heavy Marine Helicopter Squadron 361 in high-res (25 HQ Photos)

“These photos are from our deployment with our Squadron from Miramar, Ca. I was in HMH (Heavy Marine Helicopter) Squadron 361. Our mascot was the Tiger and our nickname was the Flying Tigers. We were deployed to Al Asad, Iraq between March 09 to August 09. I was a Flightline Mechanic, which meant that I worked on the operating parts of the CH-53E. Some of these photos contain myself, but others contain my fellow mechanics and some of our Crew Chiefs which were the enlisted marines on the aircraft while in flight.”