Sgt. Connor O’Gara, an intelligence specialist with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, prepares to fire during pistol marksmanship qualification aboard the dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), underway in the South China Sea, Feb. 20, 2019. O’Gara, a native of San Diego, graduated from Monte Vista High School in June 2012 before enlisting in April 2015. Alpha Company Marines are the small boat raid specialists for BLT 1/4, the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed 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. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mackenzie Carter/Released)
Date Taken: | 02.20.2019 |
Date Posted: | 02.23.2019 17:23 |
Photo ID: | 5125987 |
VIRIN: | 190220-M-KK705-264 |
Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
Size: | 11.14 MB |
Location: | AT SEA, USPACOM, AT SEA |
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