Cpl. Nathan Blue (left), Hospitalman Second Class Jonathan Alexander (middle), and Hospitalman Third Class Timothy Lucsom (right), oversee 2nd Lt. Mark Mabry playing a simulated downed pilot during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel training event in Exercise Bougainville II at Landing Zone Boondocker, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, on Oct. 26, 2017. Cpl. Blue is a mortarman, and a native of El Paso, Texas. HM2 Alexander and HM3 Lucsom are corpsmen. HM2 Alexander is a native of Colorado Springs, Colo., and HM3 Lucsom is a native of Buffalo, 2nd Lt. Mabry is an infantry officer, and


Cpl. Nathan Blue (left), Hospitalman Second Class Jonathan Alexander (middle), and Hospitalman Third Class Timothy Lucsom (right), oversee 2nd Lt. Mark Mabry playing a simulated downed pilot during a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel training event in Exercise Bougainville II at Landing Zone Boondocker, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, on Oct. 26, 2017. Cpl. Blue is a mortarman, and a native of El Paso, Texas. HM2 Alexander and HM3 Lucsom are corpsmen. HM2 Alexander is a native of Colorado Springs, Colo., and HM3 Lucsom is a native of Buffalo, 2nd Lt. Mabry is an infantry officer, and is a native of Benson, Ariz. All Marines and Sailors are with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. Exercise Bougainville II prepares 2nd Bn., 3rd Marines 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. Isabelo Tabanguil)


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