U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Robert J. McElmurry, an ordnance staff noncommissioned officer in charge, assigned to Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 223, conducts a preflight inspection on a AV-8B Harrier aircraft aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., Aug. 7, 2014. VMA-223 became the first squadron on the east coast to launch an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ashley E. Beckett/Released)