Forces fire during Forest Light
Summary
Lance Cpl. Bradley M. Sartain fires the MK153 shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon during Exercise Forest Light 12-01 at the Hijudai Maneuver Area, Oita prefecture, Japan, Aug. 23. The bilateral exercise focused on service members’ ability to work as a small unit through live-fire and light-infantry tactics training. Forest Light is a semiannual, bilateral training exercise with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force designed to enhance military partnership, strengthen regional security agreements, and improve individual and unit-level skills in a bilateral environment. Sartain is an infantry assaultman with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.
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Date
23/08/2012
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Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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