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    Marines rappel, prepare for combat operations [Image 3 of 6]

    Marines rappel, prepare for combat operations

    CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

    02.11.2015

    Photo by Cpl. Matt Myers 

    III Marine Expeditionary Force   

    Sgt. Steve B. Gomez executes a wall rappel Feb. 11 on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan during the helicopter rope suspension training course. HRST is a course that trains Marines on the necessary skills required to perform a wide variety of rappelling techniques they may need to use in a combat operation. Throughout the days training, Gomez and other Marines in the course would perform three rappelling techniques from the rappel tower, including the hell hole, skid, and wall rappels. Gomez, a Long Beach, California native, is a reconnaissance man with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matt S. Myers/Released)

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    Date Taken: 02.11.2015
    Date Posted: 02.18.2015 23:37
    Photo ID: 1774937
    VIRIN: 150211-M-RS352-116
    Resolution: 4096x2731
    Size: 900.26 KB
    Location: CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP
    Hometown: LONG BEACH, CA, US

    Web Views: 53
    Downloads: 4

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