Maj. Christopher A. Denver, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Alfred A. Cunningham Marine Aviator of the Year Award recipient, helps a junior pilot configure his night vision goggles at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, May 8, 2017. The Marine Corps Aviation Association's Marine Aviator of the Year Award recognizes the top aviator in all three MAWs and identifies an overall winner from those finalists. The MCAA announced Capt. Hugh E. Anderson, assigned to Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533, Marine Aircraft Group 31, 2nd MAW, as the overall winner. Denver, from San Antonio,

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Maj. Christopher A. Denver, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Alfred A. Cunningham Marine Aviator of the Year Award recipient, helps a junior pilot configure his night vision goggles at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, May 8, 2017. The Marine Corps Aviation Association's Marine Aviator of the Year Award recognizes the top aviator in all three MAWs and identifies an overall winner from those finalists. The MCAA announced Capt. Hugh E. Anderson, assigned to Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533, Marine Aircraft Group 31, 2nd MAW, as the overall winner. Denver, from San Antonio, Texas, is the executive officer of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, MAG 36, 1st MAW. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian J. Lopez)

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