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The USS Wasp in war and peace

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Are on the deck of the US that's why Albert got an academy graduate has given that you're a hotel and a -- for a did you -- you're from North Carolina.

And you are graduate of the United States Naval Academy -- -- KT I am a graduate 2009.

You're gonna and three year you mean and what's your job I will be the alleged and the -- -- Tiger -- products well you know now what do you do what does -- will DryShips.

Will muscles do everything they were apparently they -- with a weapon systems -- run the navy.

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While we're there Vietnam we did everything from deployed are -- Were do anything.

I can't let -- you've got that they want us -- -- are here you are.

In new York at great week and -- on the US has brought a bit about that you're now right -- right now that you walk.

This the US as -- and it is obviously it is.

I'm at least one is U -- of this plan does this -- driven.

One of the idol asking -- received an entire -- and calm wind.

Com it powers.

8700 pound boiler at -- home operates aircraft -- from short the joint strike fighter helicopters.

To.

Our -- -- -- Our third -- flooding.

Airport right planning their partners -- -- added our nose takes what does that do go out there that cat hospital sent answer.

Yes we do heavy large.

Large hospital.

On -- he -- and he and doing humanitarian missions.

All right so another words you have a hospital on the ship because in wartime that's -- -- -- the wounded at a time you do it has hospital -- and he's going.

We we do a lot of humanitarian aid Amin.

We are involved in nations like hey I'm going on there out -- the earthquake bring -- people.

To the ship.

-- open from the yellow fever -- -- me.

Just debris following all of doing surgery we have -- surgical teams on board the ship and we couldn't do anywhere from between the two -- surgery.

It bothered Tenet now we see what that -- -- but we're gonna see that you don't probably do it all out right the United States marine perhaps.

-- These -- let's Murray.

Now standing in front of an osprey.

Have not.

And let's go to our greatest line perhaps just and a Marine Corps but a lot of People's Bank.

And the entire place.

So we've got an osprey tell me you are -- -- for a.

-- -- -- -- -- -- How much your job my job flighty and -- -- -- two osprey.

And what I bet this is -- -- twenty osprey aircraft that takes off like helicopter flies like an airplane goes back and lands like a helicopter.

And muddy and -- it's magical.

Airplanes are under an airplane tilt tilt rotor had router.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Exactly.

Our job is salt support so was assault support aircraft primarily carrying Marines up to two point or Marines into most austere environments in the world.

Including the -- of Afghanistan.

And then it's also jobs are just -- cargo transport.

As balls aerial delivery of carrying cargo underneath the aircraft carrying cargo within the aircraft and probably -- -- one the most important jobs -- evacuation.

Our without laughing around about it at this is that this is an aircraft that goes into the hostile environments in the world -- the mountains of Afghanistan slowly.

And how many times.

-- just really happening -- I think the average car.

Right now we have.

Six squadrons located on the East Coast marine corps air station new river right now -- three squadrons on the West Coast and earmark.

-- -- going to be transitioning all the old CH 46 squadrons.

So we're gonna have.

But attend the wall -- and -- each -- have an older aircraft.