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Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 participate in a hike during exercise Thunder Horse 16.2 at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Haramura Maneuver Area in Hiroshima, Japan, May 12, 2016. The week-long exercise focused on reinforcing skills that Marines learned throughout their military occupational specialty schooling and during Marine Combat Training in order to maintain situational readiness. Motor transportation operators, bulk fuels specialists, and field radio operators trained in various areas including direct refueling, recovery and general engineering operations and established a tactical motor pool. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Henson/Released) - Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 participate in a hike during exercise Thunder Horse 16.2 at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Haramura Maneuver Area in Hiroshima, Japan, May 12, 2016. The week-long exercise focused on reinforcing skills that Marines learned throughout their military occupational specialty schooling and during Marine Combat Training in order to maintain situational readiness. Motor transportation operators, bulk fuels specialists, and field radio operators trained in various areas including direct refueling, recovery and general engineering operations and established a tactical motor pool. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Henson/Released)

Combat engineer’s breaching team with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Engineer Company, combat engineer platoon, clear a route through concertina wire under the cover of green smoke during an assault on enemy position during a foot patrol and breaching drill on the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Haramura Maneuver Area in Hiroshima, Japan, as part of Exercise Haramura 1-15 April 15, 2015. Haramura is a weeklong company-level training exercise was focused on reinforcing the skills Marines learned during Marine Combat Training and their Military Occupational Specialty schooling. - Combat engineer’s breaching team with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Engineer Company, combat engineer platoon, clear a route through concertina wire under the cover of green smoke during an assault on enemy position during a foot patrol and breaching drill on the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Haramura Maneuver Area in Hiroshima, Japan, as part of Exercise Haramura 1-15 April 15, 2015. Haramura is a weeklong company-level training exercise was focused on reinforcing the skills Marines learned during Marine Combat Training and their Military Occupational Specialty schooling.

Cpl. Matthew Mitchell, a Motor Transport mechanic with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Motor-T Company, aims down the sight of a M240 bravo machine gun at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Haramura Maneuver Area in Hiroshima, Japan, April 13, 2015, as part of Exercise Haramura 1-15. Haramura is a weeklong company-level training event focused on reinforcing the skills Marines learned during Marine Combat Training as well as during their Military Occupational Specialty schooling. - Cpl. Matthew Mitchell, a Motor Transport mechanic with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Motor-T Company, aims down the sight of a M240 bravo machine gun at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Haramura Maneuver Area in Hiroshima, Japan, April 13, 2015, as part of Exercise Haramura 1-15. Haramura is a weeklong company-level training event focused on reinforcing the skills Marines learned during Marine Combat Training as well as during their Military Occupational Specialty schooling.

Lance Cpl. Nickolas Stafford, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Engineer Company, combat engineer platoon, saws a piece of wood for a project currently under construction, March 26, 2015, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. The primary mission of combat engineers aboard station is to support Marine Aircraft Group 12 and station airfield operations along with the adjacent units of MAG-12, including those that are part of the Unit Deployment Program. - Lance Cpl. Nickolas Stafford, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Engineer Company, combat engineer platoon, saws a piece of wood for a project currently under construction, March 26, 2015, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. The primary mission of combat engineers aboard station is to support Marine Aircraft Group 12 and station airfield operations along with the adjacent units of MAG-12, including those that are part of the Unit Deployment Program.

PFC Armando Martinez, left, and PFC Maigyne Edge perform maintenance on a Tractor, rubber tired, Articulated steering, Multi-purpose vehicle (TRAM) aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 15, 2014, in preparation to participate in Exercise Cobra Gold. Martinez and Edge are heavy equipment operators with MWSS-171. Exercise Cobra Gold is a multinational joint exercise conducted annually in Thailand and is comprised of forces from participating nations including: Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the United States. China will also participate in the exercise as an observing nation. - PFC Armando Martinez, left, and PFC Maigyne Edge perform maintenance on a Tractor, rubber tired, Articulated steering, Multi-purpose vehicle (TRAM) aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 15, 2014, in preparation to participate in Exercise Cobra Gold. Martinez and Edge are heavy equipment operators with MWSS-171. Exercise Cobra Gold is a multinational joint exercise conducted annually in Thailand and is comprised of forces from participating nations including: Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and the United States. China will also participate in the exercise as an observing nation.

The steel used for the Ultimate Building Machine starts on a large roll, which is fed through the machine where it is shaped into a more curvy steel frame compatible for construction. - The steel used for the Ultimate Building Machine starts on a large roll, which is fed through the machine where it is shaped into a more curvy steel frame compatible for construction.