UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Whitney Thorne (right), and Lance Cpl. Michael Sanges (left), both aviation ordnance technicians with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115, Marine Aircraft Group 31, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, detach a GBU-32 joint direct attack munition from F/A-18 Hornet and load it onto an A/S32K-1E loader. The Marines continuously conduct maintenance on the aircraft assigned to the unit to maintain and prepare for close air support for the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force, Crisis Response-Central Command.

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