"Dave S" wrote in message
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Marine One is ususally the call sign of the helicopter carrying the
president, since that is the service brance detailed with carrying the
president, both home and away, by helicopter.

Trivia: The next-generation HMX-1 (Marine One) helicopter:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:U...082007-002.jpg

I used to see HMX-1 helicopters at Quantico. There's a wall there so you
couldn't see exactly what was going on when they were on the ground, but you
could see when it departed.

-c