LCpl. Ricky Gamez, a rifleman with Charlie Company,

LCpl. Ricky Gamez, a rifleman with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, posts security while Marines maneuver to their next objective point at Aibano Training Area, Kyoto, Japan, Feb. 7, 2019. Forest Light is a semi-annual exercise conducted by U.S. Marines and members of the Japan Self-Defense Force in order to strengthen interoperability and combined capabilities in defense of the U.S.-Japan alliance. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU partnering with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Luis Velez/ Released)

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07/02/2019

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