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

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

01.06.2021

Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph DeMarcus 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

U.S. Marine Cpl. Ethan C. Brewer, left, a joint fires observer, and a native of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Capt. Sahil K. Patel, a forward air controller, and a native of Safety Harbor, Florida, also with Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), secure gear after returning from a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) exercise on range W-174 Camp Hansen, 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 23:31
• Photo ID: 6477695
• VIRIN: 210106-M-YS392-2422
• Resolution: 4173x2867
• Size: 5.25 MB
• Location: CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP
• Hometown: FORT SMITH, AR, US
• Hometown: KING GEORGE, VA, US