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Navy Seaman Malik Ballard (left), a religious program specialist, and Navy Lt. Jim Curty (right), Marine Aircraft Group 36 deputy group Chaplain, walks towards a CH-53E Super Stallion, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, August 16, 2017, during exercise Northern Viper 2017. The exercise tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and Marine Corps forces to work together and provides the opportunity to conduct realistic training in an unfamiliar environment. Ballard a Tucson, Arizona native, and Curty, a native of Ashland, Oregon, are with Ma
Navy Seaman Malik Ballard (left), a religious program specialist, and Navy Lt. Jim Curty (right), Marine Aircraft Group 36 deputy group Chaplain, walks towards a CH-53E Super Stallion, at Misawa Air Base, Japan, August 16, 2017, during exercise Northern Viper 2017. The exercise tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and Marine Corps forces to work together and provides the opportunity to conduct realistic training in an unfamiliar environment. Ballard a Tucson, Arizona native, and Curty, a native of Ashland, Oregon, are with Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)
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