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Battalion Landing Team 3/1's Sgt. Maj. Jeffery D. Moses, center, praises unit leaders and platoon guides for the hard work and effort after the Commander's Cup Drill Competition on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, on Wednesday.

Battalion Landing Team 3/1's Sgt. Maj. Jeffery D. Moses, center, praises unit leaders and platoon guides for the hard work and effort after the Commander's Cup Drill Competition on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, on Wednesday. (Cindy Fisher / Stars and Stripes)

CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa — The Marines of Battalion Landing Team 3/1 put their best feet forward at a Commander’s Cup Drill Competition Wednesday on Camp Hansen.

Platoons from six companies showed their close-order drill and marching skills. In the end, K Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marines, took honors as the top platoon with the high score of 68 out of 100.

K Battery’s Sgt. Jason Thompson scored highest among unit leaders with an 88 out of 100. He is scheduled to transfer in April to become a drill instructor.

The landing team is based out of Camp Pendleton, Calif, but is currently deployed to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit on Okinawa.

Battalion Landing Team 3/1's Sgt. Maj. Jeffery D. Moses, center, praises unit leaders and platoon guides for the hard work and effort after the Commander's Cup Drill Competition on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, on Wednesday.

Battalion Landing Team 3/1's Sgt. Maj. Jeffery D. Moses, center, praises unit leaders and platoon guides for the hard work and effort after the Commander's Cup Drill Competition on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, on Wednesday. (Cindy Fisher / Stars and Stripes)

Marines try to move in unison.

Marines try to move in unison. (Cindy Fisher / Stars and Stripes)

I Company marches forward across the tarmac. Platoons had to perform both close order drill and marching movements during the competition.

I Company marches forward across the tarmac. Platoons had to perform both close order drill and marching movements during the competition. (Cindy Fisher / Stars and Stripes)

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