U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nicholas Butler, Marine

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nicholas Butler, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 263 (Reinforced), 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), plane captain and native of Sacramento, Calif., secures a tail panel on an AH-1W Super Cobra prior to a flight in support of the MEU's Realistic Urban Training exercise at Fort Pickett, Va., Sept. 3, 2013. The MEU is scheduled to deploy in early 2014 to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)