Capt. Aaron Cauble, center, an embark officer with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), answers questions inside the cockpit of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a tour aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), underway in the South China Sea, Sept. 26, 2018. Cauble, a native of Salisbury, North Carolina, graduated Catawba College in December 2010 before commissioning in September 2011. Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines is the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, currently underway aboard the Wasp as part of a regularly


Capt. Aaron Cauble, center, an embark officer with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), answers questions inside the cockpit of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a tour aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), underway in the South China Sea, Sept. 26, 2018. Cauble, a native of Salisbury, North Carolina, graduated Catawba College in December 2010 before commissioning in September 2011. Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines is the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, currently underway aboard the Wasp as part of a regularly-scheduled patrol of the Indo-Pacific region. Company F, the helicopter-borne raid element with BLT 2/5, partner with the pilots and crew of VMM-262 (Rein.) to conduct amphibious training and operations while underway aboard the Wasp and while ashore. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations in the Indo-Pacific region.


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