Life aboard Wasp, underway with the 31st MEU [Image 2 of 28]

OKINAWA, OKINAWA, JAPAN

09.02.2018

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parish 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

Sgt. Nicholas Smith, an airframe mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), works inside the fuselage of an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft in the hangar bay aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 2, 2018. Smith, a native of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, graduated from Mechanicsburg High School in 2010 before enlisting the same year. VMM-262 (Rein.) is the Aviation Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and specializes in tiltrotor and rotary-wing troop transport, close-air support and fixed-wing attack support. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations across the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parish/Released)

• Date Taken: 09.02.2018
• Date Posted: 09.20.2018 05:54
• Photo ID: 4756543
• VIRIN: 180902-M-PJ332-033
• Resolution: 1200x800
• Size: 364.32 KB
• Location: OKINAWA, OKINAWA, JP