Lance Cpl. Ryan Beckstead, a rifleman with Company F, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, loads an M4 carbine rifle during marksmanship training aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), underway in the East China Sea, Oct. 16, 2018. Beckstead, a native of Salt Lake City, Utah, graduated from Granger High School in May 2017; he enlisted November 2017. Company F, the helicopter-borne raid element with BLT 2/5, conducted this training to refine marksmanship skills during the fall patrol The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-dep
Lance Cpl. Ryan Beckstead, a rifleman with Company F, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, loads an M4 carbine rifle during marksmanship training aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), underway in the East China Sea, Oct. 16, 2018. Beckstead, a native of Salt Lake City, Utah, graduated from Granger High School in May 2017; he enlisted November 2017. Company F, the helicopter-borne raid element with BLT 2/5, conducted this training to refine marksmanship skills during the fall patrol The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide range of military operations.
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