Get the Gun Up! [Image 11 of 11]

CAMP FUJI, SHIZUOKA, JAPAN

03.15.2022

Photo by Cpl. Grace Gerlach 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alexis Velasco, a transmissions system operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 (CLB), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires an M240B machine gun during a live-fire exercise with Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1/5 (BLT) on Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, Mar. 15, 2022. Marines from different battalions trained together to give knowledge on different weapons systems and handling in support of Maritime Defense Exercise Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (MDX-ARDB). MDX-ARDB is a bilateral exercise meant to increase interoperability and strengthen ties between U.S. and Japanese forces for the defense of Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Grace Gerlach)

• Date Taken: 03.15.2022
• Date Posted: 03.17.2022 19:55
• Photo ID: 7096677
• VIRIN: 220315-M-ST547-2130
• Resolution: 1000x667
• Size: 657.2 KB
• Location: CAMP FUJI, SHIZUOKA, JP