Readiness

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Matthew Ganceras, an aircraft ordnance staff non-commissioned officer with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 112 – Marine Aircraft Group 41 – 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, guides a team of Marines loading an AIM-9X missile on an F/A-18 Hornet aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 19, 2021. VMFA-112 is in Japan for a six-month cycle as part of the Unit Deployment Program, where they are helping maintain peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Booker T. Thomas III)