Two AH-1Z Viper pilots with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 169 participate in a simulation of exercise Sea Horse Wind aboard Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 1. Exercise Sea Horse Wind was a long-range raid conducted by more than 600 Marines with 1st Marine Division and 29 aircraft with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jake M.T. McClung/Released) - Two AH-1Z Viper pilots with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 169 participate in a simulation of exercise Sea Horse Wind aboard Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 1. Exercise Sea Horse Wind was a long-range raid conducted by more than 600 Marines with 1st Marine Division and 29 aircraft with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jake M.T. McClung/Released)

Col. Rick Uribe, former commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 11, salutes Maj. Gen. Michael Rocco, commanding general of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, during a change of command ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, July 10. Uribe assumed command of MAG-11 on July 28, 2013, and will continue his career at Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Lillian Stephens) - Col. Rick Uribe, former commanding officer of Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 11, salutes Maj. Gen. Michael Rocco, commanding general of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, during a change of command ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, July 10. Uribe assumed command of MAG-11 on July 28, 2013, and will continue his career at Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Lillian Stephens)

Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) wait in combat gear to file off a military transport aircraft to begin their one-year deployment aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. A transfer of authority is scheduled for April. - Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) wait in combat gear to file off a military transport aircraft to begin their one-year deployment aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. A transfer of authority is scheduled for April.