Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, hiked up Mount Fuji, Japan, as part of a unit activity July 31, 2016. Marines within the squadron first conquered Mount Fuji with a 3,776 meter climb to the peak. Marines bought ‘Kongo-Tsue’ walking sticks and had stamps burned onto them, which signified the location and altitude throughout 10 stations located up the Holding events like these provides Marines with a sense of closure after a month of hard work during the exercise. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Henson)

---

Size: 3156px × 2104px
Photo credit: © AB Forces News Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -4, .50-caliber, 12, 25, 36, 171, 2016, 31st, air, altitude, arms, aviation, base, battalion, bravo, camp, carbine, catc, center, clc-36, combat, combined, company, control, corps, defense, eagle, element, exercise, expeditionary, fuji, grenade, ground, gun, heavy-machine, helicopter, hsc-12, hsc-25, iwakuni, japan, laad, launcher, light-machine, logistics, m16a4, m2, m203, m240, m249, m4a1, m69, marine, mcas, meu, mmt, mobil, mount, mwss-171, patrolling, practice, qualifications, rifle, rocket, sea, service, squadron, station, support, table, team, traffic, training, unit, wing, wrath