Lance Cpl. Shawn M. Spurlock, an ordnance technician
Summary
Lance Cpl. Shawn M. Spurlock, an ordnance technician with the F-35B Lightning II detachment of Medium Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), secures a Captive Air Training Missile -9X Sidewinder to an F-35B fighter atop the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), Philippine Sea, Jan. 28, 2019. Spurlock, a native of New Freedom, Pennsylvania, graduated from Susquehannock High School in June 2017 before enlisting later that month. Naval aviators with the detachment fly the Marine Corps' newest, most advanced multi-role fighter, the F-35B. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU partnering with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle P. Bunyi/ Released)