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7th Communication Battalion | Rice cake pounding ceremony
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Jan. 23, 2025 | 0:46
U.S. Marines with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, participate in a rice cake pounding ceremony in Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 23, 2025. Volunteers were invited to join the Okinawan New Year tradition because of the 30-year friendship between the battalion and the Ginoza Family. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Juan Maldonado)
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