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Sgt. Jacob Roses leads his team to the next event. some of his team members is carrying a huge tire.

( U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Canal)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob Roses, an automotive maintenance technician with III Marine Expeditionary Force, leads his team to the next event during Martial Arts Instructor Course 64-25 on Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, May 2, 2025. MAIC educates and develops instructors focused on optimizing performance, increasing durability, through a holistic methodology in physical fitness and martial arts to increase unit readiness in order make a more lethal warfighter. Roses is a native of Tennessee.

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