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    Marines land on Tinian 68 years following WWII occupation

    TINIAN, NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

    09.12.2012

    Photo by Cpl. Jonathan Wright 

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    Marines with Company E., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, post security above the beach during the assault and seizure of a notional enemy airfield here, Sept. 12 through 14. The three-day training evolution was the beginning of the 31st MEU's certification exercise, a series of notional operations throughout the Mariana Islands designed to reenforce the Marines' skills and tactics. The airfield seizure exercise was the largest U.S. operation on the island of Tinian since its use as a strategic airfield during World War II. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and is the Marine Corps' force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.

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    Date Taken: 09.12.2012
    Date Posted: 09.13.2012 11:49
    Photo ID: 663473
    VIRIN: 120912-M-UY543-076
    Resolution: 4080x2720
    Size: 3.24 MB
    Location: TINIAN, MP

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