Lance Cpl. David W. Thorpe, an ordnance technician with the F-35B Lightning II detachment of Medium Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced) prepares an F-35B fighter for an ordnance load atop the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), Philippine Sea, Feb. 3, 2019. Thorpe, a native of Benton, Illinois, graduated from Benton Consolidated High School in May 2016 before enlisting in March of 2017. Naval aviators with the detachment fly the Marine Corps' newest, most advanced multi-role fighter, the F-35B. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, the Marine Corps’ only conti
Lance Cpl. David W. Thorpe, an ordnance technician with the F-35B Lightning II detachment of Medium Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced) prepares an F-35B fighter for an ordnance load atop the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), Philippine Sea, Feb. 3, 2019. Thorpe, a native of Benton, Illinois, graduated from Benton Consolidated High School in May 2016 before enlisting in March of 2017. Naval aviators with the detachment fly the Marine Corps' newest, most advanced multi-role fighter, the F-35B. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU partnering with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.
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