Sgt. Maj. Bradly Simmons carries the battalion guidon during a 50-mile hike challenge, May 15-17, 2017, at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan. The 50-mile hike challenge dates back to 1908 when President Theodore Roosevelt signed Executive Order 989 requiring lieutenants and captains in the Marine Corps to walk 50-miles in no more than 20 hours. Simmons is the battalion sergeant major of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. (Photo courtesy of Lt. Col. Kemper Jones)

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