Clear skies: 26th MEU Marine excels as air traffic controller

USS KEARSARGE, ATLANTIC OCEAN

10.10.2015

Photo by Cpl. Joshua Brown 

26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)     

U.S. Marine Sgt. Jan Kamphuis, an air traffic controller with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), poses for a photo aboard the USS Kearsarge Oct. 10, 2015. Kamphuis is the most recent recipient of the Sergeant Maj. Frederick B. Douglass award, given once a year by the Marine Corps League to the Marine that demonstrates superior qualities in the Marine Corps aviation community based on nominations units submit to the league. Kamphuis received the award for his performance throughout 2014 that included the successful training and preparation of other air traffic controllers in both the Navy and Marine Corps and his instrumental part in the safe execution of more than 300 operational flight hours in a weapons and tactics instructors course in Yuma, Ariz. (U.S. Marine Corps photo illustration by Cpl. Joshua W. Brown/Released) (This photo was edited using advanced photo editing techniques)

• Date Taken: 10.10.2015
• Date Posted: 10.10.2015 18:12
• Photo ID: 2225649
• VIRIN: 151010-M-AW179-001
• Resolution: 3000x2203
• Size: 1.05 MB
• Location: USS KEARSARGE, ATLANTIC OCEAN