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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua R. Fails waits to board an amphibious assault vehicle July 18, 2017, aboard Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan during training with Philippine Marines and Sailors from Assault Armor Battalion. The Philippine Marine Corps recently purchased AAVS and are working with U.S. Marines to learn different amphibious procedures – such as hand signaling, egress training, and water operations. This is the first time the Philippine military has trained on an American base. “The hardest part for me was the fact that the Filipinos use the metric system and we use the Imperial system, so it has been difficult to convert the numbers,” said Fails, a Cottonwood, Alabama native. He is an AAV crewman with 1st platoon, Charlie Co., 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion attached to Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division through the unit deployment program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ally Beiswanger)
| Date Taken: | 07.18.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 07.23.2017 20:49 |
| Photo ID: | 3576850 |
| VIRIN: | 170718-M-WW697-342 |
| Resolution: | 5760x3840 |
| Size: | 3.44 MB |
| Location: | CAMP SCHWAB, OKINAWA, JP |
| Hometown: | COTTONWOOD, AL, US |
| Web Views: | 178 |
| Downloads: | 4 |
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