31st MEU Marines refine embassy reinforcement, mass casualty response fundamentals during AIT [Image 5 of 34]

RASPBERRY CREEK, ACT, AUSTRALIA

08.04.2017

Photo by Lance Cpl. Stormy Mendez 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

Marines with Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, exit a pair of CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters at Raspberry Creek, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, Aug. 4, 2017. Golf Battery, the artillery battery of BLT 3/5, is currently deployed as part of the Ground Combat Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. VMM-265 (Rein.) is part of the Aviation Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The 31st MEU and PHIBRON 11 are conducting Amphibious Integration Training in preparation for certification exercise, and to ensure readiness for crisis response throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The 31st MEU partners with the Navy’s Amphibious Squadron 11 to form the amphibious component of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stormy Mendez/Released)

• Date Taken: 08.04.2017
• Date Posted: 08.13.2017 05:12
• Photo ID: 3661059
• VIRIN: 170804-M-GO150-178
• Resolution: 4309x2873
• Size: 2.91 MB
• Location: RASPBERRY CREEK, ACT, AU