Lance Cpl. Mark A. Kemp, an airframe mechanic for Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Dubuque, Iowa, carries a blade folding rack off the flight deck after folding in the rotor blades of a UH-1Y Yankee helicopter here, Feb. 27. Several helicopters were flown aboard as the Marines and ship’s crew begin their regularly scheduled Spring Patrol of the Asia-Pacific region. The 31st MEU is the Marine Corps’ force in readiness for the Asia-Pacific region and the only continuously forward-deployed MEU. (Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Paul Robb
Lance Cpl. Mark A. Kemp, an airframe mechanic for Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Dubuque, Iowa, carries a blade folding rack off the flight deck after folding in the rotor blades of a UH-1Y Yankee helicopter here, Feb. 27. Several helicopters were flown aboard as the Marines and ship’s crew begin their regularly scheduled Spring Patrol of the Asia-Pacific region. The 31st MEU is the Marine Corps’ force in readiness for the Asia-Pacific region and the only continuously forward-deployed MEU. (Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Paul Robbins Jr.) Skidz Fly-on 140227-M-PZ610-020
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