Recon Challenge 2019: Team LOWLIFE proves bonds not broken by time

HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN

05.14.2019

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels 

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

U.S. Marines with 3rd platoon, commonly known as “LOWLIFE,” Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), pose for a photo in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in June of 2010. Nine years later, team “LOWLIFE” is participating in the annual Recon Challenge, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, May 16, 2019. The Recon Challenge is a 30-mile obstacle course held to honor fallen Reconnaissance Marines. The team will be carrying Jonathon Blank, who was medically retired after both of his legs were severed after stepping on an improvised explosive device, during a dismounted patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Oct. 26, 2010. (Courtesy photo by Jonathon Blank.)

• Date Taken: 05.14.2019
• Date Posted: 05.16.2019 10:12
• Photo ID: 5362825
• VIRIN: 190514-M-BH464-1001
• Resolution: 2208x1656
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• Location: HELMAND PROVINCE, AF