From atop an H-46 on the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Depot Cherry Point flightline June 17, GySgt Richard Strickland douses Commanding Officer Col Eugene K. Conti with a bucket of water in celebration of the colonel’s completion of his last flight as a Marine helicopter pilot. Numerous other depot Marines were on hand to add their congratulations – and additional buckets of water – on the occasion of the milestone flight. (Photo by Dykie Whitfield)