Lieutenant Mandy Clarke flight-checked her MH-60S Seahawk, as usual, touching and noting the tail rotor gearbox, running her fingers along the drive shaft housing, checking
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Dale Scherfling is newspaper veteran of 30 years, serving as a sportswriter, columnist, editor and photographer and a retired Navy journalist and photographer. His work has been accepted by Letters Journal, The Blotter Magazine, Third Act Magazine, Yellow Mama, Close to the Bone, Flash Phantom, Does it Have Pockets Magazine, Lost Blonde Literary, All Hands Magazine, Pacific Crossroads, Daily Californian, Naval Aviation Magazine, Propeller Magazine, and Buckeye Guard Magazine. He is the recipient of three U.S. Army Front Page Journalism Awards. He is also a college lecturer and photojournalism, photography and music instructor.