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See highlights of Marines at a weeklong jungle warfare squad competition

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The first week of January, while many were returning from a lazy holiday break, Jarheads with 3rd Marine Division were running and gunning through a weeklong squad competition at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan.

Here’s a look inside:

  • Marines with 3rd Marine Division conducts inspections for the squad attack phase of the 3rd Marine Division Squad Competition at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 6, 2022. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox/Marine Corps)
  • Marines with 3rd Marine Division build a terrain model for their squad attack during the 3rd Marine Division Squad Competition on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox/Marine Corps)
  • Marines with 3rd Marine Division prepare to step off on patrol during the squad attack portion of the week-long squad competition. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox/Marine Corps)
  • Marines with 3rd Marine Division run through their plan of attack during a field portion of the week-long squad competition on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox/Marine Corps)
  • Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alexander Rosadoluciano, a rifleman with 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, applies camouflage paint for the squad attack phase of the 3d Marine Division Squad Competition at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 6, 2022. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox/Marine Corps)
  • Leaders finalize their squad patrol and attack during the 3d Marine Division Squad Competition at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 6, 2022. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox/Marine Corps)
  • Last instructions before heading into the jungle for Marines with 3rd Marine Division pin the squad attack phase of the week-long squad competition at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox/Marine Corps)
  • A Marine readies his weapon for the squad attack phase during the 3rd Marine Division Squad Competition. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox/Marine Corps)
  • Weapons check for Marines with 3rd Marine Division as they prepare for the squad attack phase of the 3d Marine Division Squad Competition. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox/Marine Corps)
  • A Marine and sailor with 3rd Marine Division provide security during the squad attack phase of the 3rd Marine Division Squad Competition at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 6, 2022. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox/Marine Corps)
  • A Marine with 3rd Marine Division provides security during the squad attack phase of the 3rd Marine Division Squad Competition at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 6, 2022. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox/Marine Corps)
  • Marines with 3rd Marine Division assault an objective. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox/Marine Corps)
  • Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Logan Whitehead, an antitank missile gunner with 3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, provides security during the squad attack phase of the 3d Marine Division Squad Competition at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 6, 2022. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox/Marine Corps)
  • Marines with 3rd Marine Division secure a position during the squad attack phase of the 3rd Marine Division Squad Competition at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 6, 2022. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox/Marine Corps)
  • Marine with 3rd Marine Division clears a building during the squad attack phase of the 3rd Marine Division Squad Competition at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 6, 2022. (Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox/Marine Corps)

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Todd South has written about crime, courts, government and the military for multiple publications since 2004 and was named a 2014 Pulitzer finalist for a co-written project on witness intimidation. Todd is a Marine veteran of the Iraq War.