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U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Sawyer M. Montgomery, a temporary officer selection assistant with Recruiting Station Orange County, poses for a photo on April 12, 2021, in Santa Ana, California. Montgomery is one of the select few Marine Corps officers who is aspiring to become a Marine Corps pilot. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sarah Ralph) - U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Sawyer M. Montgomery, a temporary officer selection assistant with Recruiting Station Orange County, poses for a photo on April 12, 2021, in Santa Ana, California. Montgomery is one of the select few Marine Corps officers who is aspiring to become a Marine Corps pilot. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sarah Ralph)

A 2nd Lieutenants Desired Future of Leading from the Air

As a Marine, you are either in the infantry or you support the infantry. Marine Corps aviation plays a major contribution to achieving mission success while working with their ground counterparts. A Marine Corps pilot is able to provide support for the mission and decisions of what ends up being the maneuver warfare. One of the biggest impacts aviation plays in is the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The MAGTF is the only combined combat organization in the world that consists of all integrated parts of cohesively working together while being in the air, land, and sea.

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Jung Hyun Ahn, a poolee with Recruiting Sub-Station Culver City, Recruiting Station Orange County, poses for a photo at the Santa Monica Pier, California on Jan. 6, 2020. Ahn was hand selected as Recruiting Station Orange County’s Poolee of the Quarter because although he is not a Marine yet, he embodies the Corps of values; honor, courage, commitment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sarah Ralph) - Jung Hyun Ahn, a poolee with Recruiting Sub-Station Culver City, Recruiting Station Orange County, poses for a photo at the Santa Monica Pier, California on Jan. 6, 2020. Ahn was hand selected as Recruiting Station Orange County’s Poolee of the Quarter because although he is not a Marine yet, he embodies the Corps of values; honor, courage, commitment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sarah Ralph)

The Journey to a Dream

Jung Hyun Ahn was born on May 6, 1999, in Seoul, South Korea. His parents Jaeyoung and Jiyeon, welcomed their second son into this world with joy and excitement for this next chapter in their lives. Jung grew up with two older siblings, his brother Se Hyun Ahn and his sister Ji Hyun Ahn. Jung was not always around his siblings throughout the years due to them attending boarding school in London.

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Nimsi RodaCopto (left) and Zhar RodaCopto (right), poolees with Recruiting Station Orange County, pose for photo at Recruiting Sub-Station Mission Viejo, June 22, 2020. The RodaCopto twins plan to attend Marine Corps boot camp next year after they graduate from Mission Viejo High School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sarah Ralph) - Nimsi RodaCopto (left) and Zhar RodaCopto (right), poolees with Recruiting Station Orange County, pose for photo at Recruiting Sub-Station Mission Viejo, June 22, 2020. The RodaCopto twins plan to attend Marine Corps boot camp next year after they graduate from Mission Viejo High School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sarah Ralph)

Twins Ambition

Many believe that teenagers will change their minds several times before narrowing down what they might potentially want to do for a living. For Izhar and Nimsi RodaCopto, they knew at a young age that no matter what they decided to do, they wanted to make a difference.

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