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(From left to right) Capt. Evan Slusser, Maj. John Stuart and Capt. Andrew Thornberg are F-35B Lightning II pilots with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, currently embarked aboard the USS Wasp (LHD-1). All three Marines graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, also known as Virginia Tech, and now serve with VMFA-121, based out of Iwakuni, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bernadette Wildes/Released)