Lance Cpl. Stephen Tryen assists in lifting a BDU-45 practice bomb onto an F/A-18 Hornet during Exercise Coastal Predator at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, , Feb. 16, 2016. The practice bomb falls according to the trajectory of the aircraft while in flight and is used for training purposes. Coastal Predator is an exercise that included Marine Corps and Army aviation assets along with Air Force personnel and civilian contractors to conduct Forward Air Controller Airborne training in accordance with the pre-deployment training program. Tryen is an ordnance technician with Marine All


Lance Cpl. Stephen Tryen assists in lifting a BDU-45 practice bomb onto an F/A-18 Hornet during Exercise Coastal Predator at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, , Feb. 16, 2016. The practice bomb falls according to the trajectory of the aircraft while in flight and is used for training purposes. Coastal Predator is an exercise that included Marine Corps and Army aviation assets along with Air Force personnel and civilian contractors to conduct Forward Air Controller Airborne training in accordance with the pre-deployment training program. Tryen is an ordnance technician with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jason Jimenez/Released)


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