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AL ASAD, Iraq ? Corporal Deborah L. Myatt, an administrative clerk with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 764 and 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter, shows off coins given to her by the Commandant and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps. - AL ASAD, Iraq ? Corporal Deborah L. Myatt, an administrative clerk with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 764 and 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Noncommissioned Officer of the Quarter, shows off coins given to her by the Commandant and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps.

AL ASAD, Iraq ? Lance Cpl. Andrew D. Pendracki, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Combat Cameraman, poses with his equipment Oct. 2. Pendracki, despite going to school for photography, is also an accomplished videographer. - AL ASAD, Iraq ? Lance Cpl. Andrew D. Pendracki, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Combat Cameraman, poses with his equipment Oct. 2. Pendracki, despite going to school for photography, is also an accomplished videographer.

AL ASAD, Iraq ? Sergeant Andrew W. Oderman and Cpl. John W. McCracken, who work in the operations office of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 764, pose in front of a CH-46 helicopter. Despite the long hours demanded by Operation Iraqi Freedom, the two Marines led a squadron-wide effort that resulted in $620 donated to the Hurricane Katrina relief. - AL ASAD, Iraq ? Sergeant Andrew W. Oderman and Cpl. John W. McCracken, who work in the operations office of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 764, pose in front of a CH-46 helicopter. Despite the long hours demanded by Operation Iraqi Freedom, the two Marines led a squadron-wide effort that resulted in $620 donated to the Hurricane Katrina relief.

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David Jarvis, a mechanic from Honeywell Technical Solutions Incorporated and Madison, Fla., native, works on a Marine armor kit for a 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing humvee, Sept. 29, at Al Asad, Iraq. A Marine-Civilian team recently arrived here from Al Taqaddum, Iraq, to upgrade the armor on 60 of the Wing?s humvees. - David Jarvis, a mechanic from Honeywell Technical Solutions Incorporated and Madison, Fla., native, works on a Marine armor kit for a 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing humvee, Sept. 29, at Al Asad, Iraq. A Marine-Civilian team recently arrived here from Al Taqaddum, Iraq, to upgrade the armor on 60 of the Wing?s humvees.

As the crew chief lifts his hands to indicate he is not touching anything, Lance Cpl. Chester Pickering, an ordnanceman with Marine Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 and native of Loveland, Ohio, ensures that the .50 caliber machine gun aboard the UH-1N Huey. is clear. This process is called hot loading because there is still electricity flowing through the helicopter and its rotors are still turning. - As the crew chief lifts his hands to indicate he is not touching anything, Lance Cpl. Chester Pickering, an ordnanceman with Marine Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 and native of Loveland, Ohio, ensures that the .50 caliber machine gun aboard the UH-1N Huey. is clear. This process is called hot loading because there is still electricity flowing through the helicopter and its rotors are still turning.

Corporal Joseph Daum, a motor transport driver turned refueler operator for Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 and Los Angeles native, pulls a hose from a 5,000-gallon tanker toward a KC-130 for fueling, Sept. 29, at Al Asad, Iraq. Marines from MWSS-272, based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., are keeping Al Asad?s fuel supply flowing, or rolling in their case. - Corporal Joseph Daum, a motor transport driver turned refueler operator for Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 and Los Angeles native, pulls a hose from a 5,000-gallon tanker toward a KC-130 for fueling, Sept. 29, at Al Asad, Iraq. Marines from MWSS-272, based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., are keeping Al Asad?s fuel supply flowing, or rolling in their case.