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    31st MEU Marines, Sailors step-it-out during command hike

    CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

    02.15.2019

    Photo by Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parish 

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Wood-Casella, a U.S. Navy religious program specialist with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, stands in formation before beginning a conditioning hike at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 15, 2019. Wood-Casella, a 22-year old native of Norwell, Massachusetts, protects the 31st MEU chaplain during amphibious operations; chaplains are classified as noncombatants and do not carry weapons – they rely on their ‘RPs’ for defense during Marine Corps operations. Marines and Sailors with the 31st MEU’s Command Element, the aptly named command and control element for the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, completed a more than five-kilometer hike to build conditioning and prepare its Marines and Sailors for the rigors of amphibious operations. The 31st 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parish/Released)

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    Date Taken: 02.15.2019
    Date Posted: 02.15.2019 05:32
    Photo ID: 5108146
    VIRIN: 190215-M-PJ332-008
    Resolution: 2442x1628
    Size: 2.45 MB
    Location: CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP
    Hometown: NORWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, US

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