Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 finishes Exercise Thunder Horse 16.2 [Image 342 of 458]

IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JAPAN

05.15.2016

Photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Henson 

U.S. Navy           

Lance Cpl. Austin Bradford, a heavy equipment operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, engineer company, heavy equipment platoon, digs a fighting hole during exercise Thunder Horse 16.2 at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Haramura Maneuver Area in Hiroshima, Japan, May 12, 2016. The week-long exercise focused on reinforcing skills that Marines learned throughout their military occupational specialty schooling and during Marine Combat Training in order to maintain situational readiness. Heavy equipment operators and combat engineers dug fighting holes for defensive positions, provided mechanical and road clearance with a bulldozer, conducted vehicle recovery, participated in security patrols and established a forward operating base. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Henson/Released)

• Date Taken: 05.15.2016
• Date Posted: 05.18.2016 00:23
• Photo ID: 2596471
• VIRIN: 160510-M-RP664-346
• Resolution: 3840x5760
• Size: 3.53 MB
• Location: IWAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, JP