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180607-M-OL895-012.JPG - Sgt. Maj. Robert Tellez, the Marine Aircraft Group 11 sergeant major, reads a citation for the Navy and Marine Corps Medal being presented to Sgt. Nathan Hanbury, an F/A-18 electrical systems technician with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron [VMFA(AW)] 225, during a ceremony June 7 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, for his actions on Aug. 10, 2016. Hanbury, with complete disregard for his own safety, immediately ran into the water at Panama City Beach, Florida, when he saw a teenager struggling to stay above the water. Hanbury encouraged the teenager to keep swimming and helped him back to the safety of the shore. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brytani Wheeler)

Aviation ordnance Marines with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 225 “Vikings” load a LAU-10 rocket on an F/A-18 Hornet during high-explosive ordnance loading training at the combat aircraft loading area aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 29. The ordnance Marines also loaded the aircraft with MK-82 low-drag bombs during the training. - Aviation ordnance Marines with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 225 “Vikings” load a LAU-10 rocket on an F/A-18 Hornet during high-explosive ordnance loading training at the combat aircraft loading area aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 29. The ordnance Marines also loaded the aircraft with MK-82 low-drag bombs during the training.