Cpl. Theodore Manning (Left) and Cpl. Celia Trout prepare for take-off from the flight deck in a UH-1N Huey aboard the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) for a sea-surface contact search May 7. Manning was the operations noncommissioned officer-in-charge attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266 (Reinforced), and Trout was a UH-1N crew chief with VMM-266(Rein.) during the deployment with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Marines recall ship life, MEU deployment 131227-M-XX000-001

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