U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tony Perez, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), combat engineer and native of Bethalto, Ill., uses an 81-to-one rope system to easily pull five Marines at Coopers Rock, W.Va., Aug. 13, 2013. More than 20 Marines from the battalion participated in the rigorous six-week assault climbers course, which culminated in three weeks of mountainous-terrain training. The MEU is scheduled to deploy in early 2014 to the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard/Released)
Date Taken: | 08.13.2013 |
Date Posted: | 09.02.2013 21:13 |
Photo ID: | 1008796 |
VIRIN: | 130813-M-HZ646-009 |
Resolution: | 5616x3744 |
Size: | 3.59 MB |
Location: | COOPERS ROCK, WEST VIRGINIA, US |
Hometown: | BETHALTO, ILLINOIS, US |
Web Views: | 28 |
Downloads: | 8 |
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