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An F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., performs a vertical landing as part of required flying field carrier landing practices (FCLP) at the station’s auxiliary landing field, Monday, April 27, 2015. The landing field simulates the flight deck of an aircraft carrier to prepare pilots for landing and taking off at sea. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Travis Gershaneck/Released) - An F-35B Lightning II with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., performs a vertical landing as part of required flying field carrier landing practices (FCLP) at the station’s auxiliary landing field, Monday, April 27, 2015. The landing field simulates the flight deck of an aircraft carrier to prepare pilots for landing and taking off at sea. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Travis Gershaneck/Released)

Cpl. Thomas Dragonetti, a mobile maintenance facility technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16 and Discovery Bay, Calif., native, observes the movement of a mobile maintenance facility aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, April 19, 2012. MALS-16 will send almost 150,000 pounds of maintenance equipment back to the United States as part of the Marine Corps' downsizing efforts in Afghanistan. - Cpl. Thomas Dragonetti, a mobile maintenance facility technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16 and Discovery Bay, Calif., native, observes the movement of a mobile maintenance facility aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, April 19, 2012. MALS-16 will send almost 150,000 pounds of maintenance equipment back to the United States as part of the Marine Corps' downsizing efforts in Afghanistan.

Cpl. Jeremy Arbogast a motor transportation mechanic with Marine Wing Support Squadron 274, helps Lance Cpl. Brandon Layell a motor transportation mechanic with the platoon, remove the radiator cover from a P19 fire truck here, April 1. The trucks are used to fight fires on base and in the event of an aircraft emergency. - Cpl. Jeremy Arbogast a motor transportation mechanic with Marine Wing Support Squadron 274, helps Lance Cpl. Brandon Layell a motor transportation mechanic with the platoon, remove the radiator cover from a P19 fire truck here, April 1. The trucks are used to fight fires on base and in the event of an aircraft emergency.