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Jessica Mastorakos stands holding a sign and her son while waiting for her husband to return from deployment. Jessica regularly volunteers in order to help others overcome challenges unique to military families. - Jessica Mastorakos stands holding a sign and her son while waiting for her husband to return from deployment. Jessica regularly volunteers in order to help others overcome challenges unique to military families.

Lance Cpl. Nicholas Levins, an F/A-18 aircraft mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 and an Issaquah, Wash., native, poses inside of an intake of an F/A-18 Hornet aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 25. Plane captains inspect the aircraft prior to the pilot coming out, conduct a walk through with the pilot, and a post-flight inspection once the aircraft returns. - Lance Cpl. Nicholas Levins, an F/A-18 aircraft mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 and an Issaquah, Wash., native, poses inside of an intake of an F/A-18 Hornet aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Oct. 25. Plane captains inspect the aircraft prior to the pilot coming out, conduct a walk through with the pilot, and a post-flight inspection once the aircraft returns.