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    Thundering Third partners with JGSDF for snow survival training [Image 4 of 7]

    Thundering Third partners with JGSDF for snow survival training

    SEKIYAMA TRAINING AREA, NIIGATA, JAPAN

    02.27.2014

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Joey Holeman 

    III Marine Expeditionary Force   

    U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Bryan S. Miller, left, passes on a block of ice to Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Sgt. Tsukasa Hirai Feb. 27 at Sekiyama Training Area, Niigata prefecture, Japan, during exercise Forest Light 14-2. Marines and JGSDF members worked side by side building snow survival shelters after a six-kilometer hike. The bilateral exercise increases the Marines’ cold-weather survival skills. Miller is an infantryman with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, under the unit deployment program. Hirai is with 2nd Infantry Regiment, 12th Brigade, Eastern Army.

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    Date Taken: 02.27.2014
    Date Posted: 03.11.2014 01:52
    Photo ID: 1183499
    VIRIN: 140227-M-PU373-466
    Resolution: 2784x1856
    Size: 405.73 KB
    Location: SEKIYAMA TRAINING AREA, NIIGATA, JP

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