Marines with 1/2 take it to the Jungle during regimental air assault [Image 2 of 9]

OKINAWA, JAPAN

10.31.2015

Photo by Cpl. Drew Tech 

III Marine Expeditionary Force   

Lance Cpl. Andy Tam, from Brooklyn, New York, watches as a group of MV-22B Ospreys approach the landing zone on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, to pick up Marines for a regimental air assault during Blue Chromite 2016, Oct. 31, 2015. The air assault displayed the Marine Corps ability to project force using the Osprey, transporting nearly an entire battalion of Marines into a notional combat zone where they set up a command and control center and defended it. The regimental air assault concluded Blue Chromite, a large-scale amphibious exercise that draws primarily from III Marine Expeditionary Force’s training resources on Okinawa. The location of the training allows participating units to maintain a forward-deployed posture and eliminates the cost of traveling to train. Tam is a radio operator with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II MEF, currently under the command of 4th Marines, 3rd MarDiv, III MEF. The Ospreys are with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Airwing, III MEF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Drew Tech/Released)

• Date Taken: 10.31.2015
• Date Posted: 11.01.2015 04:09
• Photo ID: 2260392
• VIRIN: 151031-M-GX711-053
• Resolution: 2444x1630
• Size: 1.39 MB
• Location: OKINAWA, JP
• Hometown: BROOKLYN, NY, US