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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.

Dave Largent, left, a mechanic with Rancho Auto Body and an Encinitas, Calif., native, and Jimmy Gillan, right, owner of Rancho Auto Body, and an Encinitas, Calif., native, look at the plaque given to them by the commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 for helping them complete the Fighter Truck, VMFA-232’s squadron vehicle, during a sendoff for VMFA-232 and Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All Weather) 225 at the Officers’ Club aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Sep. 6. - Dave Largent, left, a mechanic with Rancho Auto Body and an Encinitas, Calif., native, and Jimmy Gillan, right, owner of Rancho Auto Body, and an Encinitas, Calif., native, look at the plaque given to them by the commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 for helping them complete the Fighter Truck, VMFA-232’s squadron vehicle, during a sendoff for VMFA-232 and Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (All Weather) 225 at the Officers’ Club aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Sep. 6.