Mississippi native kicks, punches his way to Corps [Image 2 of 5]

COMBAT OUTPOST CASTLE, AFGHANISTAN

12.29.2011

Courtesy Photo

II Marine Expeditionary Force   

Corporal Justin Stewart (left) of Meridian, Miss., looks through optics during a training mission. He previously deployed to Afghanistan as a professional instructor gunman, better known to Marines as a PIG, with the Scout Sniper Platoon attached to Battalion Landing Team 1/1. Now 23, Stewart is on his second deployment and is serving in a special billet as an infantry noncommissioned officer for the Civil Affairs Team currently attached to 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion.

• Date Taken: 12.29.2011
• Date Posted: 12.29.2011 07:16
• Photo ID: 504467
• VIRIN: 090312-F-1234A-215
• Resolution: 951x634
• Size: 165.31 KB
• Location: COMBAT OUTPOST CASTLE, AF