PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 19, 2019) U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David Schulz (left) and Cpl. Noah Stimiloski, aviation ordnance Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), load a rocket on to a UH-1Y Venom, aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26). The Marines and Sailors of the 11th MEU are conducting routine operations as a part of the USS Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) in the eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Israel Chincio)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 19, 2019) U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. David Schulz, an aviation ordnance technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), loads a rocket onto a UH-1Y Venom, aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26). (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Israel Chincio)
SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, CALIF. (Jan. 19, 2019) U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Morgan McDowell, a UH-1Y Venom crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (VMM-163) (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), shoots a GAU-21 .50 caliber machine gun during an aerial gunnery range. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Monty)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 19, 2019) Cpl. Samantha Huhtala, a UH-1Y Venom crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), checks a Marine air-ground tablet during a live-fire exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Monty)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 19, 2019) Cpl. Samantha Huhtala, a UH-1Y Venom crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takes off from the flight deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26). ARG) in the eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Monty)
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