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Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, tread

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, tread

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, tread through snow covered terrain Feb. 24 at the Sekiyama Training Area in Niigata prefecture, Japan, during Exercise Forest Light 14-2. Snow patrol training wa... More

Cpl. Ethan L. Davis shovels snow to make a track path

Cpl. Ethan L. Davis shovels snow to make a track path

Cpl. Ethan L. Davis shovels snow to make a track path Feb. 24 during snow patrol practical application as part of Exercise Forest Light 14-2 at Sekiyama Training Area in Niigata prefecture, Japan. Forest Light... More

Marines and corpsmen with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine

Marines and corpsmen with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine

Marines and corpsmen with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, dig through snow Feb. 24 during snow patrol and snow base practical application as part of Exercise Forest Light 14-2 Feb. 24 at Sekiyama Training A... More

Sgt. Phuoc M. Nguyen shovels through the heavy snow

Sgt. Phuoc M. Nguyen shovels through the heavy snow

Sgt. Phuoc M. Nguyen shovels through the heavy snow Feb. 24 during snow patrol and base operations as part of Exercise Forest Light 14-2 at Sekiyama Training Area in Niigata prefecture, Japan. Forest Light’s tr... More

Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. Ellis, right, cuts through thick

Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. Ellis, right, cuts through thick

Staff Sgt. Kenneth R. Ellis, right, cuts through thick snow with an ice saw, while 1st Lt. Sam C. Carlson shovels snow away to make a pathway Feb. 24 during Exercise Forest Light 14-2 at Sekiyama Training Area ... More

Sgt. Bryant Morales cuts square blocks in snow with

Sgt. Bryant Morales cuts square blocks in snow with

Sgt. Bryant Morales cuts square blocks in snow with an ice saw making it easier to shovel Feb. 24 during Exercise Forest Light 14-2 at Sekiyama Training Area in Niigata prefecture, Japan. The bilateral training... More

Pfc. Aaron J. Brown stretches out to place a 12-inch

Pfc. Aaron J. Brown stretches out to place a 12-inch

Pfc. Aaron J. Brown stretches out to place a 12-inch long stick in the top of a Quinzee hut Feb. 24 during a snow survival shelter class as part of Exercise Forest Light 14-2 at Sekiyama Training Area in Niigat... More

Sgt. Kertis D. Grimmer, far left, with 3rd Battalion,

Sgt. Kertis D. Grimmer, far left, with 3rd Battalion,

Sgt. Kertis D. Grimmer, far left, with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, discusses the importance and capabilities of a Quinzee hut Feb. 24 as part of Exercise Forest Light 14-2 at Sekiyama Training Area in N... More

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, hike

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, hike

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, hike back from snow patrol training Feb. 24 during Exercise Forest Light 14-2 at Sekiyama Training Area in Niigata prefecture, Japan. The exercise is bilateral i... More

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, gather

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, gather

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, gather around a Quinzee hut Feb. 24 during a shelter survival class as part of Exercise Forest Light 14-2 at Sekiyama Training Area in Niigata prefecture, Japan.... More

Sgt. Kertis D. Grimmer, center right, describes the

Sgt. Kertis D. Grimmer, center right, describes the

Sgt. Kertis D. Grimmer, center right, describes the dimensions of a “snow-coffin” survival shelter to Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Feb. 24 during a practical application training event as pa... More