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the marines of Marine aerial Refueler

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Transport Squadron 2 52 or V MGR 2 52

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prepare for a night mission ordinance

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Marines loaded KC 1 30 J aircraft with

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illumination flares and prep for

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takeoff . Their mission is to help

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ground forces in Southern Afghanistan

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see the enemy in the dark , we

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illuminate the battlefield . One of the

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tasks that we do is we provide

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illumination via flares . We send

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flares out of the back of the aircraft

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and we can either either send out small

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quantities , large quantities wherever

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the folks need . We typically do as we

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support the marines on the ground . It

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can be a battalion that calls in

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requesting for illumination on the

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battlefield or it can be helicopters or

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other aircraft that may require

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illumination on the battlefield to

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cover ingress , egress or if they just

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want to get better eyes on a certain

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target . The pilots up front , get the

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aircraft to the right place at the

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right time and give the order for

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marines in the back to carry out the

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mission . It consists of taking

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different kinds of flares , either

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overt or covert flares moved from the

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box into the shoot and then dispensing

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on the aircraft commanders command so

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we can support the mission on the

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ground that's gonna help the , the

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marines and the other service members

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on the ground to see the enemy better

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they're going to get better depth

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perception , better , color perspective

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where the enemy is at so that they can

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effectively attack them while keeping

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themselves safe . Different aspects of

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the Marine Corps come together to help

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the security of Afghanistan , Marine

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corporal kevin Maynard , Southern

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Afghanistan .