Hot Load | U.S. Marines attached to the ACE hot load rockets at a Combat Aircraft Loading Area during exercise Northern Viper [Image 12 of 13]

YAUSUBETSU TRAINING AREA, HOKKAIDO, JAPAN

01.28.2020

Photo by Lance Cpl. Terry Wong 

3rd Marine Logistics Group

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Zachary Lesniak loads a rocket into a rocket pod at a Combat Aircraft Loading Area during exercise Northern Viper on Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 28, 2020. Personnel currently assigned to the Aviation Combat Element for exercise Northern Viper train in austere environments to prepare units for all weather conditions. Northern Viper is a regularly scheduled training exercise that is designed to enhance the interoperability of the U.S. and Japan Alliance by allowing Marine Air-Ground Task Forces from III Marine Expeditionary Force to maintain their lethality and proficiency in MAGTF Combined Arms Operations in cold weather environments. Lesniak, a native of Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, is an aviation ordnance technician with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 “Gunfighters”, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, currently attached to 1st Marine Aircraft Wing as part of a unit deployment program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Terry Wong)

• Date Taken: 01.28.2020
• Date Posted: 02.03.2020 05:43
• Photo ID: 6059771
• VIRIN: 200128-M-ZM399-1011
• Resolution: 3456x5184
• Size: 9.16 MB
• Location: YAUSUBETSU TRAINING AREA, HOKKAIDO, JP
• Hometown: UPPER DARBY, PA, US