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Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mayra A. Tamayo performs a preflight check of all working components on an RQ7B Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., July 1, 2015. Tamayo is an unmanned aerial vehicle operator assigned to Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2.

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mayra A. Tamayo performs a preflight check of all working components on an RQ7B Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., July 1, 2015. Tamayo is an unmanned aerial vehicle operator assigned to Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2.

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mayra A. Tamayo performs a preflight check of all working components on an RQ7B Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., July 1, 2015. Tamayo is an unmanned aerial vehicle operator assigned to Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2.

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