Marine Corps 1st Lt. William Thomas, a field artillery officer with 3d Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, directs a CH-53E Super Stallion with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing during Castaway on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, March 17, 2021. The exercise demonstrated the Marine Corps’ ability to integrate with the joint force to seize and defend key maritime terrain, provide low-signature sustainment, and execute long-range precision fires in support of naval operations from an expeditionary advanced base. Thomas is a native of Atlanta, Georgia.

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