Marine Corps Cpl. Michael Thomas, a mortarman with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, loads an M252 81 mm mortar system during Exercise Fuji Viper at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Sept. 6, 2022. Exercise Fuji Viper exemplifies a commitment to realistic training that produces lethal, ready, and adaptable forces capable of decentralized operations across a wide range of missions. 3/3 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. Thomas is a native of Collings Lakes, New Jersey.

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