U.S. Marine Corps 1st Sgt. Nicholas Metzel, the company first sergeant of Fury Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, gives a nine-line for a casualty evacuation during Mountain Training Exercise 1-26 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, California, Jan. 25, 2026. MTX is a month-long exercise designed to prepare units to survive and operate effectively in austere, mountainous terrain, further developing character, mental, spiritual and physical endurance and resiliency. Metzel is a native of Illinois. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Vincent Needham)
| Date Taken: | 01.24.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 02.10.2026 16:28 |
| Photo ID: | 9514103 |
| VIRIN: | 260125-M-XY116-1119 |
| Resolution: | 4896x3266 |
| Size: | 3.57 MB |
| Location: | BRIDGEPORT, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 22 |
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