BLT Marines race for time in squad competition [Image 7 of 8]

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

08.08.2014

Photo by Lance Cpl. Richard Currier 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

Lance Corporal Rashon Burrell, an automatic rifleman with Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Waterloo, Iowa, climbs over a wall as part of a squad competition at Camp Hansen, Aug. 8. The competition started at 5 a.m. with one squad starting every twenty minutes. There were seven total stations the BLT Marines had to complete, which included a physical circuit course where the Marines performed squad pushups, jumping lunges and air squats. Another station challenged the Marines to answer infantry-related questions for points that helped toward their overall time. They concluded the competition with a swim before using their rifles to shoot at targets while moving from position to position. The 31st MEU is the force of choice for the Asia-Pacific region and is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU.

• Date Taken: 08.08.2014
• Date Posted: 08.12.2014 20:45
• Photo ID: 1500339
• VIRIN: 140808-M-UH847-123
• Resolution: 5760x3840
• Size: 1.13 MB
• Location: CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP
• Hometown: WATERLOO, IA, US