Photo by Cpl. Matt Myers | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.05.2015
Col. Sean M. McBride presents the overall winner trophy to Marines with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company during the Camp Hansen Highland Games 2015 June 5 in Okinawa, Japan. The games are held throughout Scotland and additional countries every year as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture. Competitors in the Hansen games participated in the sandbag throw, kettle bell toss,......
Photo by Cpl. Matt Myers | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.05.2015
Cpl. Paul M. Dycus (left) and Cpl. Jarred M. Troupe pull a Humvee during the Camp Hansen Highland Games 2015 June 5 in Okinawa, Japan. The games are held throughout Scotland and additional countries every year as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture. Competitors in the Hansen games participated in the sandbag throw, kettle bell toss, modified hammer throw, tug of war and Humvee......
Photo by Cpl. Matt Myers | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.05.2015
Cpl. Jhon R. Lazo leads his team in a tug of war competition during the Camp Hansen Highland Games 2015 June 5 in Okinawa, Japan. The games are held throughout Scotland and additional countries every year as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture. Competitors in the Hansen games participated in the sandbag throw, kettle bell toss, modified hammer throw, tug of war and Humvee pull.......
Photo by Cpl. Matt Myers | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.05.2015
Cpl. Josh L. Hanson throws a 22 pound kettle bell as far as he can during the Camp Hansen Highland Games 2015 June 5 at in Okinawa, Japan. The games are held throughout Scotland and additional countries every year as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture. Competitors in the Hansen games participated in the sandbag throw, kettle bell toss, modified hammer throw, tug of war and Humvee......
Photo by Cpl. Matt Myers | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.05.2015
Sgt. Isaac Ortuno throws a 15 pound sandbag for distance during the Camp Hansen Highland Games 2015 June 5 at in Okinawa, Japan. The games are held throughout Scotland and otherl countries every year as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture. Competitors in the Hansen games participated in a sandbag throw, kettle bell toss, modified hammer throw, tug of war and Humvee pull. Ortuno,......
Photo by Lance Cpl. David Hersey | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 05.16.2014
Sgt. Jacob J. Baumann pulls a Humvee May 16 during the Highland Games at the parade deck on Camp Hansen. The final event of the games tested the limits of the Marines’ strength as they pulled the vehicle, which was harnessed to them, 20 feet with only a rope secured to a 7-ton truck as assistance. Baumann is a Junction City, Kan., native and fire support man with 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd......
Photo by Lance Cpl. David Hersey | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 05.16.2014
Sgt. Jacob J. Baumann throws a “stone” during the stone put event May 16 as part of the Highland Games at the parade deck on Camp Hansen. The goal of the stone put was to reach the farthest distance in a straight toss, and if the stone rolled or landed outside of the cones on each side of the lane, it was disqualified. Engineers with the regiment created the stone by pouring cement into a......
Photo by Lance Cpl. David Hersey | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 05.16.2014
Lance Cpl. Nicholas J. Slattery runs with a 12-foot-long wooden pole during the caber toss event May 16 as part of the Highland Games at the parade deck on Camp Hansen. During the games, each unit currently assigned to 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, chose one Marine to represent them as their strongman to compete in each event. Slattery is a Cleveland, Ohio, native and field......
