[A.A. Cunningham]

MH-53Js aren't being used for the NEO. CH-53Es are.

In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, two U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion helicopters taxi to the parking ramp at Royal Air Force Base in Akrotiri, Cyprus, Monday, July 17, 2006 following their flight from the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. At the request of the U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon and at the direction of Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, , the United States Central Command and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24 MEU) are assisting with the departure of U.S. citizens from Lebanon. The helicopters are attached to the 'Blue Knights' of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron Three Six Five (HMM-365). (AP Photo, U.S Navy, Michael B.W. Watkins)

HMM-365

[ThePythonicCow]

two U.S. Marine Corps CH-53 Super Stallion helicopters

So the title of this entire post is (slightly) wrong -- it's Super Stallions, not Sea Stallions, that are being used for this.

Thanks.

[ThePythonicCow]

CH-53E / S-80E
SUPER STALLION™ HELICOPTER

 

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The three-engined CH-53E is the most powerful helicopter in the U.S. military inventory. The SUPER STALLION™ helicopter is cleared to 73,500 lb. with external loads. It's the only helicopter that can lift the 155mm howitzer, its crew and ammunition. It can lift aircraft as heavy as itself.

SUPER STALLION is deployed with U.S. Marine Corps heavy lift helicopter squadrons, and is an essential part of the composite squadrons serving aboard USMC amphibious assault ships.

Wherever called upon, SUPER STALLION has performed heroically, whether evacuating the U.S. Embassy in Somalia in 1990; hauling heavy loads for coalition forces in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990-91; or flying into war-torn Bosnia to rescue a downed American pilot in 1995.

CH-53E heavy-lifters have been instrumental in evacuation missions in Albania, Zaire, and Sierra Leone.