Sgt. Jace Duncan, an AV- 8B Harrier powerline mechanic with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit stencils the names of newly appointed plane captains onto a harrier in the hanger bay of the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), Jan. 4, 2019. A plane captain is the Marine responsible for conducting a final safety inspection of an aircraft and guiding the pilots toward the runway. Enlisted Marines go through a qualification process in order to become plane captains and subsequently have their names placed on the aircrafts they are assigned.
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