POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA -- Capt. Evan Ota, the operations officer of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, meets with Capt. Stephen Kent, the company commander of India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment during a platoon live-fire event at Pohakuloa Training Area, Aug. 24, 2017. Ota has overseen the restructuring of this iteration of Bougainville II to include battalion level training events. Exercise Bougainville II prepares 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment for service as a forward deployed force in the Pacific by training them to fight as a ground combat element in a Marine Air-Grou
POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA -- Capt. Evan Ota, the operations officer of 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, meets with Capt. Stephen Kent, the company commander of India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment during a platoon live-fire event at Pohakuloa Training Area, Aug. 24, 2017. Ota has overseen the restructuring of this iteration of Bougainville II to include battalion level training events. Exercise Bougainville II prepares 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment for service as a forward deployed force in the Pacific by training them to fight as a ground combat element in a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Luke Kuennen)
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