Marines Conduct Combat Activities - JWX 22

February 20, 2022

Scenes of U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 7th Marines, conducting combat activities during Jungle Warfare Exercise 22 (JWX 22 ) on  Okinawa, Japan during February 2022.

• Top Left - Sun silhouetted combat ready Marines approach a CH-53E Super Stallion at Camp Schwab.

• Top Right - Marines surrounded by the jungle establish radio communications at Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC).

• Bottom Left - A marine fires a M240B machine gun in the dark jungle canopy at Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC).

• Bottom Right - Marines notionally fire a M224 60 mm mortar system at an obstruction clear location within the jungl eat Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC).

JWX 22 is large-scale field training exercise focused on leveraging the integrated capabilities of joint and allied partners to strengthen all-domain awareness, maneuver, and fires across a distributed maritime environment. 2/7 is forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as a part of the Unit Deployment Program.

Image created by USA Patriotism! from U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jackson Dukes and Sgt. Kallahan Morris.