Forest Light 15-1 marked success at closing ceremony [Image 13 of 13]

YAMATO, KUMAMOTO, JAPAN

12.06.2014

Photo by Cpl. Drew Tech 

III Marine Expeditionary Force   

Lance Cpl. Casey T. Saunders, left, fires a shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon as Lance Cpl. Samuel S. Jacobson clears his back blast area Dec. 6 during Forest Light 15-1 at the Oyanohara Training Area in Yamato, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. Forest Light is a routine, semi-annual exercise designed to enhance the U.S. and Japan military partnership, solidify regional security agreements and improve individual and unit-level skills. Saunders, from Easton, Connecticut, and Jacobson, from Bowie, Maryland, are infantry assaultmen with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, under the unit deployment program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Drew Tech/Released)

• Date Taken: 12.06.2014
• Date Posted: 12.22.2014 20:35
• Photo ID: 1707897
• VIRIN: 141206-M-GX711-039
• Resolution: 2491x1660
• Size: 339.67 KB
• Location: YAMATO, KUMAMOTO, JP
• Hometown: BOWIE, MD, US
• Hometown: EASTON, CT, US