Marine Corps Sgt. Brandon Sheppard, a combat engineer with 3d Battalion, 4th Marines, prepares an explosive device during Fuji Viper at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Jan. 24, 2023. Fuji Viper provides Marines operating in Japan with realistic training opportunities to exercise combined arms and maintain proficiency, lethality, and readiness. 3/4 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. Sheppard is a native of Clarksville, TN.

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