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Marine Corps Capt. Paul Keller, a pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, assesses the firmness of the expeditionary safety equipment that he flawlessly landed an MV-22 Osprey on after the aircraft experienced a technical malfunction with its landing gear, Oct. 9, 2015 in Southwest Asia. - Marine Corps Capt. Paul Keller, a pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165, Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, assesses the firmness of the expeditionary safety equipment that he flawlessly landed an MV-22 Osprey on after the aircraft experienced a technical malfunction with its landing gear, Oct. 9, 2015 in Southwest Asia.

U.S. Marine Sgt. Duc Nguyen, a rifleman, with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Division, Ground Combat Element, Special Purpose Marine Corps Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command, poses for a photo while deployed to Southwest Asia, September 21, 2015. Nguyen joined the Marine Corps at 26, after attending a few years of college and while working a steady career. His unit is the Ground Combat Element of a task force providing the commander of USCENTCOM with a range of nimble solutions to emergent crises across the Middle East. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan Boynes / released) - U.S. Marine Sgt. Duc Nguyen, a rifleman, with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Division, Ground Combat Element, Special Purpose Marine Corps Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command, poses for a photo while deployed to Southwest Asia, September 21, 2015. Nguyen joined the Marine Corps at 26, after attending a few years of college and while working a steady career. His unit is the Ground Combat Element of a task force providing the commander of USCENTCOM with a range of nimble solutions to emergent crises across the Middle East. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan Boynes / released)

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Lakin Chaffer, an embarkation specialist with Task Force Al Asad, and sourced from Special Purpose Marine Air – Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command, from Woodstock, Georgia, poses for a portrait while deployed to Southwest Asia, Sept. 13, 2015. Chaffer serves as a liaison between TFAA and outside agencies, such as the SPMAGTF, in coordinating the movement of troops and supplies in and out of Al Asad Air Base, a strategically important location in Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Garrett White /released) - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Lakin Chaffer, an embarkation specialist with Task Force Al Asad, and sourced from Special Purpose Marine Air – Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command, from Woodstock, Georgia, poses for a portrait while deployed to Southwest Asia, Sept. 13, 2015. Chaffer serves as a liaison between TFAA and outside agencies, such as the SPMAGTF, in coordinating the movement of troops and supplies in and out of Al Asad Air Base, a strategically important location in Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Garrett White /released)

Lance Cpl. Nathan Battle, an administration specialist currently deployed with Marine Wing Support Squadron - 371, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command from St. Louis, Missouri, poses for a portrait while deployed in Southwest Asia, Aug. 18, 2015. Battle said his religious beliefs act as his foundation, his philosophy, and way of life aimed at developing himself, others, and the Marine Corps. - Lance Cpl. Nathan Battle, an administration specialist currently deployed with Marine Wing Support Squadron - 371, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command from St. Louis, Missouri, poses for a portrait while deployed in Southwest Asia, Aug. 18, 2015. Battle said his religious beliefs act as his foundation, his philosophy, and way of life aimed at developing himself, others, and the Marine Corps.