U.S. Marines participate in MOUT drills during exercise Fuji Viper 21.1 [Image 3 of 12]

CAMP FUJI, JAPAN

09.22.2020

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ujian Gosun 

3rd Marine Division     

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Steven Penafiel, an infantry rifleman with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, currently attached to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, as part of the Unit Deployment Program, pauses during exercise Fuji Viper 21.1 at Combined Arms Training Center on Camp Fuji, Japan, Sept. 22, 2020. “I wasn’t in a great environment where I grew up," said Penafiel, a native of Spring Valley, New York. “It was go down either the darker paths in life, or join the Marine Corps. I’ve always liked the idea of the infantry as a kid, I grew up thinking this is what I wanted to do.” This evolution of Fuji Viper allows infantry units to validate current warfighting concepts involving distributed lethality exercises while sustaining their proficiency in infantry and combined arms tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ujian Gosun)

• Date Taken: 09.22.2020
• Date Posted: 09.28.2020 21:04
• Photo ID: 6371238
• VIRIN: 200922-M-TU214-1142
• Resolution: 3576x2384
• Size: 5.94 MB
• Location: CAMP FUJI, JP
• Hometown: SPRING VALLEY, NY, US