Staff Sgt. Jerrod Gelbaugh, the ordnance staff noncommissioned officer in charge with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, assists Cpl. Mark Tate, an aviation ordnance technician with VMFA-122, remove a Bomb Rack Unit 55 from an F/A-18C during exercise Southern Frontier at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, July 28, 2016. Southern Frontier is three weeks of unit level training helping the squadron gain experience and qualifications in low altitude, air-ground, high explosive ordnance delivery at the unit level. VMFA-122 is home based out of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufo
Staff Sgt. Jerrod Gelbaugh, the ordnance staff noncommissioned officer in charge with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, assists Cpl. Mark Tate, an aviation ordnance technician with VMFA-122, remove a Bomb Rack Unit 55 from an F/A-18C during exercise Southern Frontier at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia, July 28, 2016. Southern Frontier is three weeks of unit level training helping the squadron gain experience and qualifications in low altitude, air-ground, high explosive ordnance delivery at the unit level. VMFA-122 is home based out of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina and are currently assigned to MAG-12 at MCAS Iwakuni under the Unit Deployment Program. Australia is the last stop on the squadron’s deployment before heading back home. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicole Zurbrugg)
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