Marine Lance Cpl. Samuel Srbek, a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System gunner with 3d Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, conducts a reload procedure during Castaway on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, March 16, 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. Srbek is a native of Alton, New Hampshire.

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