U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kevin Benson, a mortarman with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares an 81mm mortar round during live-fire training at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Sept. 30, 2025. Marines conducted combined arms live-fire training to maintain operational readiness, tactical proficiency, and enhance lethality while operating within the first island chain. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. Benson is a native of Maryland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Victor Gurrola)
| Date Taken: | 09.30.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 11.16.2025 18:42 |
| Photo ID: | 9366063 |
| VIRIN: | 250930-M-MH864-1158 |
| Resolution: | 6720x4480 |
| Size: | 12.41 MB |
| Location: | GOTEMBA, SHIZUOKA, JP |
| Hometown: | BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, US |
| Web Views: | 3 |
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