An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor with Medium Marine tiltrotor squadron 262 aircraft takes off during a simulated raid at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 25, 2019. The 31st MEU, in a groundbreaking command and control exercise, is completing split operations across a large swath of the Indo-Pacific region encompassing at least four geographic locations – Okinawa, Japan; aboard the dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) in the South China Sea; aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20) in the Gulf of Thailand; and other undisclosed locations. This is the first time any Marine expeditionary unit has completed this level of simultaneous operations – from rapid-response planning to mission completion – across such a large geographic region within the Indo-Pacific. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU partnering with the U.S. Navy’s Amphibious Squadron 11, 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. Dylan Hess/Released)
| Date Taken: | 02.25.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 02.25.2019 18:52 |
| Photo ID: | 5131489 |
| VIRIN: | 190225-M-GL635-013 |
| Resolution: | 5184x3456 |
| Size: | 6.77 MB |
| Location: | CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP |
| Web Views: | 75 |
| Downloads: | 41 |
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