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Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 perform pre-flight checks on MV-22B Ospreys prior to a large-scale training flight aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, April 10. This training operation marks the last time the commanding officer of VMM-163 will participate in a squadron-sized event before relinquishing command. - Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 perform pre-flight checks on MV-22B Ospreys prior to a large-scale training flight aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, April 10. This training operation marks the last time the commanding officer of VMM-163 will participate in a squadron-sized event before relinquishing command.

Gunnery Sgt. Mark Mosholder, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 and a Chatsworth, Iowa native, looks out the back of an MV-22B Osprey at the landscape north of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 14. Mosholder is one of two crew chiefs building a relationship with the two pilots aboard this Osprey during a training exercise. - Gunnery Sgt. Mark Mosholder, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 and a Chatsworth, Iowa native, looks out the back of an MV-22B Osprey at the landscape north of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Feb. 14. Mosholder is one of two crew chiefs building a relationship with the two pilots aboard this Osprey during a training exercise.

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 flies back to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 24. Crew chiefs direct other aircraft using hand and arm signals in case of emergency. - An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 flies back to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 24. Crew chiefs direct other aircraft using hand and arm signals in case of emergency.

Staff Sgt. Jacob Merrell, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and a Sisters, Ore., native, shoots an M240D machine gun during a tail gun shoot exercise over a range training complex aboard Marine Corps Air station Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 31. Pilots communicate with crew chiefs through an inner communication system, so they know the location of the targets. - Staff Sgt. Jacob Merrell, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and a Sisters, Ore., native, shoots an M240D machine gun during a tail gun shoot exercise over a range training complex aboard Marine Corps Air station Yuma, Ariz., Oct. 31. Pilots communicate with crew chiefs through an inner communication system, so they know the location of the targets.