Lance Cpl. Zachary Daniels unbuckles his Kevlar helmet strap after completing the “pit-and-pond” April 19 and poses for a photo before his “jungle baptism” during the endurance course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan. The baptism, a term coined by the JWTC staff, involves them dousing the weary jungle survival students in clean water after low crawling underneath obstacles in knee-deep swamp water. JWTC is the only facility of its kind in the Department of Defense, stretching 20,000 acres across the unforgiving Okinawan wilderness. Daniels is a Homer, Neb., Native and a ri
Lance Cpl. Zachary Daniels unbuckles his Kevlar helmet strap after completing the “pit-and-pond” April 19 and poses for a photo before his “jungle baptism” during the endurance course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan. The baptism, a term coined by the JWTC staff, involves them dousing the weary jungle survival students in clean water after low crawling underneath obstacles in knee-deep swamp water. JWTC is the only facility of its kind in the Department of Defense, stretching 20,000 acres across the unforgiving Okinawan wilderness. Daniels is a Homer, Neb., Native and a rifleman with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. His unit is attached to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force under the unit deployment program. ( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matthew Callahan/Released) Faces from the Okinawa jungle 150419-M-IN448-166
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