Capt. Aaron Cauble, an assistant embark officer with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), teaches Marines with Company F, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, about a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), underway in the South China Sea, Sept. 26, 2018. Cauble, a native of Salisbury, North Carolina, graduated Catawba College in December 2010; he commissioned in September 2011. BLT 2/5 is the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, currently underway aboard the Wasp as part of a regularly-schedule


Capt. Aaron Cauble, an assistant embark officer with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), teaches Marines with Company F, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, about a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), underway in the South China Sea, Sept. 26, 2018. Cauble, a native of Salisbury, North Carolina, graduated Catawba College in December 2010; he commissioned in September 2011. BLT 2/5 is the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, currently underway aboard the Wasp as part of a regularly-scheduled patrol of the Indo-Pacific region. Company F, the helicopter-borne raid element with BLT 2/5, partner with the pilots and crew of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced) to conduct amphibious training and operations while underway aboard the Wasp and while ashore. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations in the Indo-Pacific region.


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