Cpl. Ian Morris, a squad leader with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, carries a Combat Rubber Raiding Craft to the beach in preparation for an amphibious assault during Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise at Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 12, 2017. Bravo Company specializes in amphibious assaults from the sea as part of BLT 1/1, which is the Ground Combat Element of the 31st MEU. MEUEX is the first in a series of pre-deployment training events that prepare the 31st MEU to deploy at a moment’s notice. As the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, the 31st MEU provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bernadette Wildes/Released)
| Date Taken: | 12.12.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 12.14.2017 19:04 |
| Photo ID: | 4027312 |
| VIRIN: | 171212-M-GT736-182 |
| Resolution: | 4111x2741 |
| Size: | 604.47 KB |
| Location: | CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP |
| Web Views: | 106 |
| Downloads: | 9 |
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