Marine Corps Sgt. Sean Hartman, a fire direction center chief with 2d Battalion, 2d Marines, directs fires at a mortar range during Fuji Viper at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, June 22, 2021. During this exercise Marines sharpened critical combined arms skills, ensuring they are ready and capable to execute a wide range of missions anywhere in the world. 2/2 is forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division. “I’ve been a mortarman for 5 years, and I know it’s important for my Marines, as well as myself, to maintain proficiency and lethali

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Marine Corps Sgt. Sean Hartman, a fire direction center chief with 2d Battalion, 2d Marines, directs fires at a mortar range during Fuji Viper at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, June 22, 2021. During this exercise Marines sharpened critical combined arms skills, ensuring they are ready and capable to execute a wide range of missions anywhere in the world. 2/2 is forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division. “I’ve been a mortarman for 5 years, and I know it’s important for my Marines, as well as myself, to maintain proficiency and lethality,” Hartman said on why Marines train so much. Hartman is a native of Norway, Maine.

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