Life aboard Wasp, underway with the 31st MEU [Image 19 of 28]

OKINAWA, OKINAWA, JAPAN

09.06.2018

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parish 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

Lance Cpl. Mark Damico, a maintenance management specialist with Headquarters and Support Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, performs a backward role to warm-up before starting Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training inside the hangar bay aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), underway in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 6, 2018. Damico, a native of Macomb, Michigan, graduated from Dakota High School in May 2016 before enlisting in December the same year. MCMAP is a hand-to-hand defense program that all Marines learn during their career – Marines, and Sailors assigned to Marine Corps units, earn different colored belts to denote proficiency with martial arts. BLT 2/5 is the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Ground Combat Element. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations across the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parish/Released)

• Date Taken: 09.06.2018
• Date Posted: 09.20.2018 05:53
• Photo ID: 4756606
• VIRIN: 180906-M-PJ332-419
• Resolution: 1200x800
• Size: 459.24 KB
• Location: OKINAWA, OKINAWA, JP
• Hometown: MACOMB, MI, US