TONGATAPU ISLAND, Tonga — Sgt. Joseph Pritchard, far left, runs from Lance Cpl. Ryan Thomas while playing a game of “duck, duck, goose” with children while volunteering at a local elementary school July 20 on Tongatapu Island, Tonga. The volunteers spent part of the day cleaning up the premises, and then participated in a variety of activities with the children during recess. Pritchard is a mortarman with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, currently deployed to Koa Moana 17, and a Port St. Lucy, Florida, native. Thomas is a mortarman with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, currently deployed

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TONGATAPU ISLAND, Tonga — Sgt. Joseph Pritchard, far left, runs from Lance Cpl. Ryan Thomas while playing a game of “duck, duck, goose” with children while volunteering at a local elementary school July 20 on Tongatapu Island, Tonga. The volunteers spent part of the day cleaning up the premises, and then participated in a variety of activities with the children during recess. Pritchard is a mortarman with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, currently deployed to Koa Moana 17, and a Port St. Lucy, Florida, native. Thomas is a mortarman with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, currently deployed to Koa Moana 17, and a Prairie Grove, Arkansas, native. ( Marine Corps Photo by Sgt. Douglas D. Simons)

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