POTD: M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle in Korea Viper 2024
Welcome to another edition of TFB’s Photo Of The Day! By now we suppose that most of our readers are familiar with the concept – we post photos and you admire them! Exercise Korea Viper 2024 here we go!
Above you see U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ahmier Fillmore, as he isolates an adjacent building during Korea Viper 24.1 at Camp Mujuk, Republic of Korea, Feb. 7, 2024. Fillmore, a native of New Jersey, is a rifleman 2d Battalion, 7th Marines. 2/7 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.
Urban operations training strengthens Marines’ proficiency in navigating and engaging in urban terrain, ensuring readiness through realistic training of close-quarters combat scenarios. In its first iteration, Korea Viper demonstrates the ROK-US Marine Corps ability to respond decisively in the region as a singular, unified force while strengthening relationships and trust between the two allies.
Source: U.S. Marine Corps, photo by Lance Cpl. Evelyn Doherty.