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A Marine returning from deployment reunites with his family aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., April 4. Service members from Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 372, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 16 returned from a six and a half month deployment with the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Robinson/Released) - A Marine returning from deployment reunites with his family aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., April 4. Service members from Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 372, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363 and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 16 returned from a six and a half month deployment with the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Robinson/Released)

Bulk refueling specialists with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 prepare to refuel an F-35B Lightning II from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 at Red Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 10, 2015. Various squadrons within 3rd MAW performed more than 70 sorties ranging from external lifts, convoy escorts and casualty evacuation missions with rotary aircraft and fire support missions with the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter to providing refueling points for air and ground assets. - Bulk refueling specialists with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 prepare to refuel an F-35B Lightning II from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 at Red Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 10, 2015. Various squadrons within 3rd MAW performed more than 70 sorties ranging from external lifts, convoy escorts and casualty evacuation missions with rotary aircraft and fire support missions with the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter to providing refueling points for air and ground assets.