Lance Cpl. Asa Herbert, a machine gunner with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines fires an M240B medium machine during a defense of the amphibious task force gunnery exercise aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20), East China Sea, Jan. 20, 2019. During the training, Marines with BLT 1/4 and crewmen with the Green Bay 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 for 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. Cameron Parks/ Released)
Date Taken: | 01.20.2019 |
Date Posted: | 02.02.2019 05:48 |
Photo ID: | 5072957 |
VIRIN: | 190120-M-XH454-038 |
Resolution: | 5414x3609 |
Size: | 3.43 MB |
Location: | CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP |
Web Views: | 84 |
Downloads: | 9 |
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