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Cpl. Joshua Payne, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 and a Spring, Texas, native, guides the pilots of an MV-22B Osprey to an unprepared field during casualty-evacuation training aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 20. Casualty-evacuation training prepares the Marines to land in a combat zone, pick up injured Marines and transport them to a safe area. - Cpl. Joshua Payne, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 and a Spring, Texas, native, guides the pilots of an MV-22B Osprey to an unprepared field during casualty-evacuation training aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 20. Casualty-evacuation training prepares the Marines to land in a combat zone, pick up injured Marines and transport them to a safe area.

We will get you to safety: VMM-161 conducts casualty-evacuation training

Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 supported Marines preparing to deploy with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit during casualty-evacuation training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 20.The training began with the Marines on the ground calling for a casualty evacuation to the Marines in the air.“We played the scenario as

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