1st Lt. Frederick Holwerda, current operations officer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, briefs Marines prior to conducting a simulated aircraft salvage and recovery operation during exercise Thunder Horse 16.2 at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Haramura Maneuver Area in Hiroshima, Japan, May 11, 2016. Motor transportation operators, combat engineers, heavy equipment operators, and aircraft rescue and firefighters worked together to recover the simulated downed aircraft. The exercise focuses on reinforcing skills that Marines learned during Marine Combat Training and throughout their military occupational specialty schooling in order to maintain situational readiness.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Henson/Released)
Date Taken: | 05.11.2016 |
Date Posted: | 05.13.2016 08:06 |
Photo ID: | 2587593 |
VIRIN: | 160511-M-RP664-013 |
Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
Size: | 2.96 MB |
Location: | HARAMURA, HIROSHIMA, JP |
Web Views: | 64 |
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