 When it comes to reaching a diverse array of terrain in an expedient manner there is no aircraft better than the MV-22 Osprey. The responsibility for caring for these aircraft falls upon the shoulders of Marines with Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 262 and 265. Working rotating shifts to provide 24 hour maintenance, these Marines are vital to operational readiness and are now doing it deployed to the Republic of the Philippines in support of Joint Task Force 505 during Operation Damayon. If we drop a flight because of a maintenance action or because something's going wrong, that's somebody's life that could potentially be at risk. Somebody might not get food that day. A lot bigger deal getting flights out here than it is back home. Maintainers work tirelessly every day to ensure the Ospreys are consistently ready to fly missions such as the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief going on in various areas of the Philippines. The MV-22 has a proven track record of successfully assisting in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief options in other parts of the world and that track record of success continues in Operation Damayon here in the Philippines. Reporting from Clark Air Base, I'm Lance Corporal Stephen Himes.