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Sergeants Matthew Vandentop and Robert Rowe, expeditionary airfield Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, put one of the final pieces of AM2 matting on a newly built expeditionary marshalling pad, Dec. 27. Photo by: Cpl. James D. Hamel

Sergeant Christopher Lewis, a heavy equipment operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, drives a grader over a surface that will become the site of one of Al Asad, Iraq’s new marshalling pads. The grader ensures a level surface which is necessary for a functional marshalling pad. Photo by: Cpl. James D. Hamel

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MArine Engineers PING

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Ten Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 272’s expeditionary airfield team are adding four expeditionary marshalling pads to Al Asad, Iraq’s flightlines.

“We might be done a little sooner,” said Staff Sgt. Al’Vincent Mitchell, the project manager and a Mobile, Ala., native. “Our guys are doing wonderful. This project gives them a chance to explore another side of their (military occupational specialty), and they’re doing a great job.”