Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Edgar Fernandez, an aircraft ordnance technician with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, prepares to load a GBU-12 Paveway II onto an F-35B Lightning II aircraft with VMFA-121 during an expeditionary advanced base operation (EABO) exercise at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 18, 2023. Marine Aircraft Group 12 regularly exercises expeditionary warfare concepts such as EABO to sustain their role as a forward-deployed group capable of supporting expeditionary operations in the Indo-Pacific.

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