AL ASAD, Iraq (Dec. 29, 2005) -- Ten Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 272’s expeditionary airfield team are adding four expeditionary marshalling pads to Al Asad, Iraq’s flightlines. The project, which began Dec. 15, will require approximately 20 days to complete and creates specific areas, out of the way of flight operations, for aircraft parking and ordnance arming and disarming. “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...
