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Capt. Benjamin Read, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 212 airframes officer and pilot, accomplished much of the required training for a section-lead designator during Exercise Southern Frontier at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia. The designation means Read, who is prior-enlisted, will be advancing from being a wingman, where a pilot is ?mostly responsible for himself," to being "responsible for another pilot, his aircraft and mission success."

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Jul 23, 2007

Capt. Benjamin Read, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 212 airframes officer and pilot, accomplished much of the required training for a section-lead designator during Exercise Southern Frontier at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia. The designation means Read, who is prior-enlisted, will be advancing from being a wingman, where a pilot is ?mostly responsible for himself," to being "responsible for another pilot, his aircraft and mission success."

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