Photo by Sgt. Russell Midori | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 06.13.2014
Major Dennis "Pez" Pyszczymuka fires a Hellfire missile into a mock enemy position as part of the Integrated Training Exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. Ordnance Marines loaded and armed the rocket minutes before, and will dearm the aircraft for safety when Pez lands it on the runway....
Photo by Sgt. Russell Midori | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 06.13.2014
Maj. Dennis "Pez" Pyszczymuka fires a rocket into a mock enemy position as part of the Integrated Training Exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. Ordnance Marines loaded and armed the rocket minutes before, and will dearm the aircraft for safety when Pez lands it on the runway....
Photo by Sgt. Russell Midori | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 06.13.2014
Sgt. Blake McCoy, an ordnance NCO with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, stands beside the runway at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms watching the AH-1 Super Cobra take off for its mission after his team armed its weapons, June 13, 2014....
Photo by Sgt. Russell Midori | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 06.13.2014
Lance Cpl. Riley Shultz from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773 clears a runway at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms after successfully leading his team on an arming exercise, June 14, 2014....
Photo by Sgt. Russell Midori | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 06.13.2014
Lance Cpl. Laurence Williams arms the Hellfire missile at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms by connecting it to the firing mechanism so the gunner can signal it to fire during the integrated training exercise, June 14, 2014....
Photo by Sgt. Russell Midori | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 06.13.2014
Lance Cpl. Riley Shultz, from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, gives the signal, a flat palm over a closed fist, to arm the rocket pad on the inboard side of the Super Cobra AH-1, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, June 14, 2014....
Photo by Sgt. Russell Midori | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 06.13.2014
Ordinance Marines at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms communicate with hand-and-arm signals during arming or de-arming of the AH-1 Super Cobra helicopters, as the engine and rotor noise is too loud to hear audible commands. Ordie team members arm the M197 Gatling Gun, and pilots place their hands high over their heads, demonstrating they will not accidentally hit any......
Photo by Sgt. Russell Midori | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 06.13.2014
Lance Cpl. Brandon Doty (left), of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, uses hand-and-arm signals to inform a team leader he is heading underneath the Cobra helicopter to arm the M197 Gatling gun, June 13, 2014. The pilot has his hands high over his head, demonstrating he will not accidentally hit any buttons for the safety of the ordnance Marines arming his weapons....