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The Corps is on track to turn the MV-22 into a refueling tanker

The V-22 Aerial Refueling System will help extend the range of F-35Bs, and other V-22s, by providing an additional 10,000 pounds of fuel to the MEUs.

In this Sept. 28, 2015, file photo, former Marine and Navajo Code Talker Roy Hawthorne Sr. listens during a ceremony honoring the code talkers' contribution to the U.S. effort during World War II at Camp Pendleton, Calif. The Navajo Nation says Hawthorne Sr. died Saturday, April 21, 2018. He was 92. (Lenny Ignelzi/AP)

World War II Navajo Code Talker dies at 92

A Navajo Code Talker who used his native language to confound the Japanese in World War II has died.

Deported Marine veteran Enrique Salas was buried with military honors Friday. Pictured: Marines conduct a military funeral for a fallen service member at Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, Ga. (Capt. Justin Jacobs/Marine Corps)

Body of deported Marine veteran buried in California

For years, Marine Corps veteran Enrique Salas sought to return to the United States after he was deported.

Marines with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, tested an Unmanned Aerial System, also known as the RQ-20 Puma, during part of the Battalion’s Marine Combat Corps' Readiness Evaluation at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Mar. 13, 2017. (Lance Cpl. Mike Hernandez/Marine Corps)

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The Corps wants a long-range suicide drone that can loiter over suspected targets at sea or air.

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Pfc. Alexis Jones, a U.S. Army Reserve horizontal construction engineer with the 160th Military Police Battalion, headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida, from Winter Garden, Florida, looks into the camera for a sun-lit portrait during the 200th Military Police Command's Best Warrior Competition held at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, April 19, 2018. During the competition, Soldiers were tested both physically and mentally in events that include the Army Physical Fitness Test, land navigation, obstacle course, ruck marching, weapon qualification, Army Warrior Tasks, reflexive fire, written exams and the Army appearance board. Soldiers from the U.S. Army Reserve Legal Command also participated in the competition. The winning Soldiers will move on to compete in the U.S. Army Reserve Command competition later this year. (Master Sgt. Michel Sauret/Army)

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A Marine with 1st Intelligence Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, performs a fireman’s carry on a fellow Marine during a battalion physical training event at Camp Pendleton, California, on April 13. (Sgt. Timothy Valero/Marine Corps)

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Marines assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fire a Stinger trainer missile during a Stinger trainer launch simulator aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) March 23, 2018. Iwo Jima and the 26th MEU are conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. (Cpl. Jon Sosner/Marines)

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