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    31st MEU Marines Continue Japan Earthquake Relief Efforts [Image 3 of 3]

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    Military personnel are unloading cargo boxes from the rear ramp of a V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft on an open grassy field. Soldiers are forming a human chain to offload supplies, with one person directing operations with arms outstretched. The setting appears to be a park or base area with trees and light poles visible in the background.

    JAPAN

    04.22.2016

    Photo by Capt. Jennifer Giles 

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    A Japan Self Defense Force member guides a fellow service member as JSDF members unload relief supplies off a MV-22B Osprey belonging to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit April 22, 2016, at the Kumamoto Airport in Japan. The supplies are in support of the relief effort after a series of earthquakes struck the island of Kyushu. The 31st MEU is the only continually forward-deployed MEU and remains the Marine Corps' force-in-readiness in the Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Capt. Jennifer Giles/ Released)

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    Date Taken: 04.22.2016
    Date Posted: 04.22.2016 03:55
    Photo ID: 2546233
    VIRIN: 160422-M-UH822-015
    Resolution: 3264x2448
    Size: 2.08 MB
    Location: JP
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    A large military or government hangar facility is being used as a logistics staging area, with numerous pallets of cardboard boxes organized across the concrete floor. Several personnel in military-style uniforms are visible overseeing or managing the supplies. The scene suggests a disaster relief, humanitarian aid, or large-scale supply distribution operation.
    Japanese Self-Defense Force (JSDF) personnel in camouflage uniforms and helmets are unloading or loading cardboard boxes from the rear cargo ramp of a military aircraft, likely a tiltrotor or transport aircraft. The boxes are labeled in Japanese and branded 'Pasco,' containing what appears to be packaged food items (flat Danish chocolate pastries, '平焼きデニッシュチョコ'). This appears to be a humanitarian relief or disaster response supply operation.
    Military personnel are unloading cargo boxes from the rear ramp of a V-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft on an open grassy field. Soldiers are forming a human chain to offload supplies, with one person directing operations with arms outstretched. The setting appears to be a park or base area with trees and light poles visible in the background.

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