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Jan 25, 2024

U.S. Marines Corps Lt. Col. Andrew Nicholson, right, presents a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal to Cpl. Jacob Cogswell, left, during an award ceremony at the base theater on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 12, 2024. The ceremony was held to award Sgt. Aidan Blansfield and Cpl. Jacob Cogswell with Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals for life saving acts while on pre-deployment leave. Both Marines awarded rescued a civilian from drowning. Nicholson, a native of South Carolina, is the battalion commander and Cogswell, a native of New York, is a machine gunner, both with of 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment. 2/2 is currently forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Eduardo Delatorre)

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Canon EOS R6

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RF70-200mm F4 L IS USM

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4

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1/160

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2500

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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CAMERA

Canon EOS R6

LENS

RF70-200mm F4 L IS USM

APERTURE

4

SHUTTERSPEED

1/160

ISO

2500