Plumes of water mark the aiming point for Marines firing M2 .50-caliber Browning machines gun during a defense of the amphibious task force gunnery exercise aboard the dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), at sea, Jan. 20, 2019. During the training, Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, and crewmen with the Ashland rehearsed ship security using a variety of dismounted and ship-mounted small-arms and heavy weapons. As a part of DATF, the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit team assumed a security posture to stimulate traveling through potentially dangerous waters. BLT 1/4 is the Ground Combat Element and CLB-31 is the Logistics Combat Element, both with the 31st MEU. The 31st MEU, The Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU partnering with the Wasp ARG, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harrison C. Rakhshani/Released)
Date Taken: | 01.20.2019 |
Date Posted: | 01.22.2019 01:46 |
Photo ID: | 5045812 |
VIRIN: | 190120-M-SQ016-060 |
Resolution: | 1813x1209 |
Size: | 507.07 KB |
Location: | CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP |
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