Camp Hansen’s Marines complete Martial Arts Instructor course

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Danny Gonzalez
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Danny Gonzalez

Camp Hansen’s Marines complete Martial Arts Instructor course

by Sgt. Danny Gonzalez
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
October 28, 2021

Photo caption:

U.S. Marine Cpl. Francisco Castillo, a fire support Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, climbs a bar during a Martial Arts Instructor course at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 27, 2021. The Martial Arts Instructor Course is designed to teach Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) principles and combat conditioning to prepare Marines as MCMCAP instructors. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. 

 

 

 

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