180725-N-CL765-003 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (July 25, 2018) Sailors assigned to the ordnance division of Patrol Squadron (VP) 40 simultaneously load multiple pieces of ordnance onto a P-3 Orion aircraft during their conventional weapons technical proficiency inspection at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The “Fighting Marlins” of VP-40 are slated to be the last active duty squadron to transition from the P-3 Orion to the P-8 Poseidon. Over the next several months VP-40 will be completing the last inter-deployment readiness cycle of an active duty P-3 squadron. ( Navy Photo by Mass Communication

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180725-N-CL765-003 OAK HARBOR, Wash. (July 25, 2018) Sailors assigned to the ordnance division of Patrol Squadron (VP) 40 simultaneously load multiple pieces of ordnance onto a P-3 Orion aircraft during their conventional weapons technical proficiency inspection at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. The “Fighting Marlins” of VP-40 are slated to be the last active duty squadron to transition from the P-3 Orion to the P-8 Poseidon. Over the next several months VP-40 will be completing the last inter-deployment readiness cycle of an active duty P-3 squadron. ( Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jakoeb Vandahlen/ Released)

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