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Wing Minute – VMAT-203 Col. John Rahe, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing’s assistant wing commander, sits down with Lt. Col. James Vallario, the commanding officer of Marine Attack Training Squadron 203, during 2nd MAW’s “Wing Minute” at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Sept. 15, 2017. Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 is assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd MAW. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Pfc. Cody Rowe/Released)

Capt. Michael Wehner discusses what it’s like to be an AV-8B Harrier II pilot at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Sept. 8, 2017. Harrier pilots conduct offensive and defensive anti-air warfare, including combat air patrol; armed escort missions; and offensive missions against enemy ground-to-air defenses. Wehner is assigned to Marine Attack Training Squadron 203, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Justin Roux/ Released)

Lt. Gen. Jon Davis flies an AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., June 30, 2017. Davis completed Harrier pilot training in October 1982 while assigned to VMAT-203, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. In 1998, Davis returned to MCAS Cherry Point where he was the commanding officer of VMA-223, MAG-14, 2nd MAW. From 2010 to 2012, he was the commanding general of 2nd MAW. Currently, Davis is the deputy commandant for aviation. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jason Jimenez/ Released)

Cpl. Jordan Masters leads Marines in the ejection seat shop of Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Feb. 23, 2017. “Marines like him are going to keep the Marine Corps going,” said Staff Sgt. Stuart Vonderheide, the ejection seat shop staff noncommissioned officer in charge with VMAT-203. As a meritorious corporal, Masters is endorsed by his peers and superiors as a motivator and a positive example to follow inside and outside the workplace. Masters is a fixed-wing equipment mechanic with VMAT-203, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jason Jimenez/ Released)

Training pilots with Marine Attack Training Squadron 203, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducted practice landings and take-offs at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C., Jan. 18, 2017. As the only site on the East Coast that offers Marine Corps pilots field carrier landing practice, the airfield is essential to improving expeditionary mission readiness by training pilots to land on aircraft carriers. The airfield consists of runways constructed from aluminum panels, which can be disassembled and reconstructed anywhere in the world to meet the needs of the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Mackenzie Gibson/ Released)

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Attack Training Squadron 203, perform routine maintenance on an AV-8 Harrier at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., March 23, 2015. Marines maintain aircraft daily to enhance operational readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. James R. Skelton)