Marines, machine guns, over 7 thousand rounds [Image 4 of 7]

POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, HI, UNITED STATES

10.20.2016

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres 

Marine Corps Base Hawaii

POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii – Lance Cpl. Lauren Bell (left), a motor transport operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 3, and a Woodbridge, Virginia, native, fires an M2 .50 caliber machine gun with the assistance of Cpl. Michael Thomas (right), a machine gunner with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a Lake in the Hills, Illinois, native, at Range 11 aboard Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, as part of Lava Viper, a staple in the regiment’s pre-deployment training, on Oct. 20, 2016. Service members taking part in the exercise conducted machine gun drills in order to help new Marines better understand and practice the weapon conditions, firing and reloading of various weaponry. Lava Viper provides the Hawaii-based Marines with an opportunity to conduct various movements, live-fire and tactical training, integrating combined arms exercises, before departing for Integrated Training Exercise aboard Marine Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, where the battalion will train and be evaluated as a whole. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jesus Sepulveda Torres)

• Date Taken: 10.20.2016
• Date Posted: 11.03.2016 04:01
• Photo ID: 2965180
• VIRIN: 161020-M-ST224-161
• Resolution: 4993x3329
• Size: 2.49 MB
• Location: POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, HI, US
• Hometown: LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL, US
• Hometown: WOODBRIDGE, VA, US