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A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft carrying Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members and Marines descends as the JGSDF members and Marines onboard prepare to secure the landing zone during a simulated air-assault drill as part of Exercise Forest Light 14-01. Forest Light is a semiannual, bilateral exercise with elements of the III Marine Expeditionary Force and JGSDF. The event marked the first time Marines and members of the JGSDF trained with Ospreys on mainland Japan. The JGSDF members are with the 37th Infantry Regiment, Central Army. The Ospreys, pilots and crew are assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III MEF. The infantry Marines are with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III MEF, under the unit deployment program.
| Date Taken: | 10.15.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 10.24.2013 22:23 |
| Photo ID: | 1039819 |
| VIRIN: | 131015-M-BA451-454 |
| Resolution: | 3518x2171 |
| Size: | 4.28 MB |
| Location: | AIBANO TRAINING AREA, SHIGA, JP |
| Web Views: | 61 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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Marines, JGSDF push through weather during final exercise
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