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Sergeant Maj. Larry Liechty, sergeant major of Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, pays his respects to nine Marines of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452, 4th MAW, MARFORRES, following a memorial at Stewart Air National Guard Base, Aug. 27, 2017. - Sergeant Maj. Larry Liechty, sergeant major of Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, pays his respects to nine Marines of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452, 4th MAW, MARFORRES, following a memorial at Stewart Air National Guard Base, Aug. 27, 2017. The Marines were among 15 Marines and one sailor killed in a KC-130T accident, July 10, 2017. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson)

Petty Officer 3rd Class Jerry S. Pring (left), a hospital corpsman with Detachment B, Marine Wing Support Squadron-472, Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, Lance Cpl. David J. Rowe (center), an aircraft rescue and firefighting specialist with Det. B, MWSS-472, and Lance Cpl. Benjamin A. Bakker (right), an automotive maintenance technician with Engineer Support Company, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, simulate a casualty evacuation at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, Alaska, July 9, 2016. IRT Old Harbor is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones/Released) - Petty Officer 3rd Class Jerry S. Pring (left), a hospital corpsman with Detachment B, Marine Wing Support Squadron-472, Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, Lance Cpl. David J. Rowe (center), an aircraft rescue and firefighting specialist with Det. B, MWSS-472, and Lance Cpl. Benjamin A. Bakker (right), an automotive maintenance technician with Engineer Support Company, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, simulate a casualty evacuation at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, Alaska, July 9, 2016. IRT Old Harbor is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones/Released)

HM1(FMF) Argenis Mendoza (second from right), leading petty officer with Surgical Company B, 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, poses for a picture with Marines and Sailors from 4th MLG in Mozambique, Africa, during Operation Shared Accord in June 2010. Mendoza, a surgical technologist, is the Reserve component recipient of the 2015 Marine Forces Reserve Sailor of the Year award. [Courtesy photo by HM1(FMF) Argenis Mendoza] - HM1(FMF) Argenis Mendoza (second from right), leading petty officer with Surgical Company B, 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, poses for a picture with Marines and Sailors from 4th MLG in Mozambique, Africa, during Operation Shared Accord in June 2010. Mendoza, a surgical technologist, is the Reserve component recipient of the 2015 Marine Forces Reserve Sailor of the Year award. [Courtesy photo by HM1(FMF) Argenis Mendoza]

On a "Mission to Save Christmas" Marines from Marine Aircraft Group 49 along with other service members and volunteers off-load "Fat Albert", the Blue Angles C-130 Hercules, that flew in with a cargo bay full of toys collected by Marine Toys For Tots and donations by Toys R Us, Hasbro Inc., and Lockheed Martin for children in the Tri-State area affected by Super Storm Sandy Dec. 3, 2012, to the MAG 49's hangar at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst . The toys were then loaded into trucks to distribute throughout the region. - On a "Mission to Save Christmas" Marines from Marine Aircraft Group 49 along with other service members and volunteers off-load "Fat Albert", the Blue Angles C-130 Hercules, that flew in with a cargo bay full of toys collected by Marine Toys For Tots and donations by Toys R Us, Hasbro Inc., and Lockheed Martin for children in the Tri-State area affected by Super Storm Sandy Dec. 3, 2012, to the MAG 49's hangar at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst . The toys were then loaded into trucks to distribute throughout the region.