POTD: Marine Corps Combat Diving Supervisors Course in Japan

by Eric B

Published: July 11th, 2020

potd marine corps combat diving supervisors course in japan

The iconic scene with soldiers coming up from the sea. Look no further – it’s time for TFB’s Photo Of The Day where you’ll find amazing pictures like these. Here we see a Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman and a reconnaissance Marine from the U.S. Marine Corps. They are assigned to the 3:rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, wearing their underwater equipment during a Marine Corps Combat Diving Supervisors Course on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan.

The camouflage on their carbines looks pretty effective for this environment. Note the lack of any optic or electronics apart from the iron sights. I guess the sea can be pretty harsh on any optic.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, patrol through water during a Marine Corps Combat Diving Supervisors Course on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, May 20, 2020. The course lasts two weeks and allows the Marines to be supervisors in charge of their platoon while conducting diving operations.

Both photos are taken by U.S. Marine Corps, Cpl. Savannah Mesimer.

#MarinesAreTheBest #USMarines #CombatDiving

Eric B

Ex-Arctic Ranger. Competitive practical shooter and hunter with a European focus. Always ready to increase my collection of modern semi-automatics, optics, thermals and suppressors. TCCC Certified. Occasionaly seen in a 6x6 Bug Out Vehicle, always with a big smile.

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Brett baker on Jul 11, 2020

So, they get better crayons to eat?

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- PK on Jul 11, 2020
  
  @Brett baker Well, it was in Japan.
  Probably crayon sushi.
  
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- Uncle Yar on Jul 12, 2020
  
  @Brett baker Nothing beats a good ol beeswax crayons. None of that paraffin BS for me personally XD
  
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- Major Tom on Jul 12, 2020
  
  @Brett baker High end Crayolas.
  
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- Major Tom on Jul 12, 2020
  
  @PK Wasabi flavored crayons.
  
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Wunder Nein on Jul 12, 2020

So this is what Okinawan girls see before being murdered.

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- Aaron Orr on Jul 13, 2020
  
  @Wunder Nein As opposed to the crimes committed by locals on other locals? The rates are lower per 1000 members of Military personnel and foreign civilians working on bases versus per 1000 native Okinawans.
  In 2014 the Okinawan prefecture had 3410 arrests, of which only 27 were made up of personnel from on base, of that 27 only 10 were actual servicemembers. The only heinous crime formal accusation that year was dropped by the prefecture prosecution. Over all there are 50,000 total personnel on Military bases on Okinawa. That same year in the U.S. the crime rate per 50,000 was 1944 of which 83 were violent crimes.
  Okinawan Girls are more likely to see a fellow Okinawan before they get murdered.
  
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- Wunder Nein on Jul 13, 2020
  
  @Aaron Orr Okinawa has the second highest murder rate among Japanese prefectures. Ditch the bases and watch that position plummet.
  
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