BLT 1/5 conducts simulated urban assault, jungle warfare training during MEU Exercise [Image 17 of 18]

CENTRAL TRAINING AREA, OKINAWA, JAPAN

12.12.2019

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Bray 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, hike up a hill while making movement from the Central Training Area to Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 12, 2019. The 31st MEU is currently preparing for deployment through MEUEX, a two-week evolution that prepares the Marine Air Ground Task Force for amphibious operations launched from naval vessels. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, 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 U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew R. Bray)

• Date Taken: 12.12.2019
• Date Posted: 12.20.2019 00:16
• Photo ID: 5987582
• VIRIN: 191212-M-MY519-1021
• Resolution: 5184x3456
• Size: 12.04 MB
• Location: CENTRAL TRAINING AREA, OKINAWA, JP