Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Xavier Ovando (left), Capt. Ben Skarzynski (center), and Sgt. Alexander Czub (right) wait to jump from Army CH-47 Chinook at Josari drop zone, Republic of Korea, March 17, 2017 as part of Korea Marine Exercise Program 17-6. KMEP is carried out in the spirit of the Republic of Mutual Defense Treaty signed between the two nations October 1, 1953. The Marines are with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Ovando, a Los Angeles, California native, is the platoon sergeant. Skarzynski, is the platoon commander f


Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Xavier Ovando (left), Capt. Ben Skarzynski (center), and Sgt. Alexander Czub (right) wait to jump from Army CH-47 Chinook at Josari drop zone, Republic of Korea, March 17, 2017 as part of Korea Marine Exercise Program 17-6. KMEP is carried out in the spirit of the Republic of Mutual Defense Treaty signed between the two nations October 1, 1953. The Marines are with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Ovando, a Los Angeles, California native, is the platoon sergeant. Skarzynski, is the platoon commander from Bethesda, Maryland. Czub, a Phillips, Wisconsin native, is the team leader.


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