Competition creates combat cohesion for 3rd Marine Division [Image 3 of 12]

CENTRAL TRAINING AREA, OKINAWA, JAPAN

09.10.2014

Photo by Lance Cpl. Cedric Haller 

III Marine Expeditionary Force   

Lance Cpl. Benjamin T. Piper, from Eureka, California, throws an M69 training grenade from behind cover Sept. 10 during the 3rd Marine Division Annual Rifle Squad and Crew-Served Weapons Competition at the Central Training Area. The competition encompassed a variety of proficiencies Marines may need while in a combat environment to include the grenade throwing course, intermediate swimming qualification, combat life-saving drills and firing the M2 .50-caliber Browning machine gun, M240B medium machine gun, M249 squad automatic weapon, the MK19 40 mm automatic grenade launcher, and 60 mm mortar weapon system. Piper is a rifleman with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, under the unit deployment program.

• Date Taken: 09.10.2014
• Date Posted: 09.23.2014 22:28
• Photo ID: 1563954
• VIRIN: 140910-M-TF269-720
• Resolution: 4096x2731
• Size: 536.77 KB
• Location: CENTRAL TRAINING AREA, OKINAWA, JP
• Hometown: EUREKA, CA, US