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the M . V 22 . Osprey is a tilt rotor

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aircraft that combines the vertical

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flight capabilities of a helicopter

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with the speed and range of an airplane

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designed for expeditionary assault raid

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operations , cargo lift , and special

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warfare . The Osprey is a figurehead

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here in Afghanistan . Mhm . In order to

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keep this aircraft in the fight marines

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from marine medium tiltrotor Squadron 1

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60 to perform daily maintenance ,

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ensuring the operability of the Osprey .

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Captain Ray Scott , the assistant

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operations officer for V mm 1 62 speaks

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from combustion about his marines and

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their efforts end up keeping these

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vital aircraft and we're gonna get an

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aircraft to fly . There's a lot of

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maintenance hours and upkeep that has

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to happened and obviously we could

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never go fly if it wasn't for the

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marines at work on the aircraft every

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day . Our job is to fly the

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aircraft , but there's a lot of work

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that goes on behind the scenes to keep

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that aircraft operated properly from

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flightline equipment to face group

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mechanics , the marines of the mm 1 60

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to perform constant maintenance Without

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these Marine Corps maintainers . Flight

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operations couldn't exist . We're

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definitely proud of our mechanics here

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at B . M . M 1 62 . I've been in a few

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other squadrons and I can say assuredly

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that we have an outstanding maintenance

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department . Uh huh . I'm very

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impressed with these young marines , do

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incredible things on a daily basis to

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keep all these aircraft operating here

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at the end of the day . We couldn't fly

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without the hard work of these young

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marines . They work long hours . Uh ,

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not a lot of reward . We could never

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accomplish the mission without all the

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hard work they do reporting from Camp

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bastion Afghanistan . I'm Sergeant

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Ricardo Gomez .