CLB-31 Marines, Sailors complete simulated Humanitarian Assistance-Disaster Relief mission with 15th Brigade Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members [Image 23 of 39]

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

02.01.2019

Photo by Lance Cpl. Harrison Rakhshani 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 carry a litter bearing a simulated casualty during a Humanitarian Assistance-Disaster Relief mission at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 1, 2019. During the HADR, service members with the 15th Brigade, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force cross-trained with Marines and Sailors of CLB-31. CLB-31 provides security, logistics, transportation, and HADR support as the Logistics Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. Exchanges provide opportunities for III Marine Expeditionary Force Marines and Sailors, and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, to observe training of their counterparts in order to increase mutual understanding and interoperability. 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. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harrison C. Rakhshani/Released)

• Date Taken: 02.01.2019
• Date Posted: 02.04.2019 07:10
• Photo ID: 5077331
• VIRIN: 190201-M-SQ016-731
• Resolution: 5372x3581
• Size: 4 MB
• Location: CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP