Marines with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, cross the flight deck to board aircraft during a tiltrotor and helicopter-borne raid, aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), East China Sea, Jan. 24, 2019. 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, known as the ‘China Marines’ due to the battalion’s service in the Republic of China during the early 20th Century, is the primary component of BLT 1/4, the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU partnering with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle P. Bunyi/ Released)
Date Taken: | 01.24.2019 |
Date Posted: | 01.25.2019 08:29 |
Photo ID: | 5053938 |
VIRIN: | 190124-M-PY691-080 |
Resolution: | 1200x800 |
Size: | 187.45 KB |
Location: | ABOARD USS WASP (LHD 1), EAST CHINA SEA |
Web Views: | 127 |
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