Lance Cpl. Joshua Seibold and Lance Cpl. Colton Qualls fire the M224A1 mortar system throughout a simulated assault during Blue Chromite 2017 in Okinawa, Japan, November 3, 2016. Blue Chromite is a exercise which strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps expeditionary, amphibious rapid-response capabilities based in Okinawa and the greater Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Seibold from Madison, Wisconsin, and Qualls from Batesville, Arkansas, are mortar men assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment which is forward deployed from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, to 3rd Marine Division, based in Okinawa, Jap

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Lance Cpl. Joshua Seibold and Lance Cpl. Colton Qualls fire the M224A1 mortar system throughout a simulated assault during Blue Chromite 2017 in Okinawa, Japan, November 3, 2016. Blue Chromite is a exercise which strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps expeditionary, amphibious rapid-response capabilities based in Okinawa and the greater Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Seibold from Madison, Wisconsin, and Qualls from Batesville, Arkansas, are mortar men assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment which is forward deployed from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, to 3rd Marine Division, based in Okinawa, Japan.

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