U.S. Marines with 31st MEU Coordinate Air Strikes [Image 8 of 14]

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

01.06.2021

Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph DeMarcus 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

U.S. Marine Capt. Andrew J. Bloem, a joint tactical attack controller, and a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Capt. Brian A. Barnes, an assistant air officer, and a native of Safety Harbor, Florida, both with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), coordinate close air support during a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) exercise on range W-174, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 05, 2020. The TACP consisted of Marine joint fire observers and joint terminal attack controllers who coordinated with aircraft to conduct close air support drills. 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph E. DeMarcus)

• Date Taken: 01.06.2021
• Date Posted: 01.11.2021 23:49
• Photo ID: 6477689
• VIRIN: 210106-M-YS392-2118
• Resolution: 3456x5184
• Size: 10.81 MB
• Location: CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP
• Hometown: GRAND RAPIDS, MI, US
• Hometown: SAFETY HARBOR, FL, US