FARP [Image 8 of 14]

OKINAWA, JAPAN

12.17.2021

Photo by Lance Cpl. Malik Lewis 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

U.S. Marine Corps low altitude air defense (LAAD) gunners, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), post security during a Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) during MEU exercise (MEUEX) on Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 17, 2021. A FARP is used to extend the capabilities of rotary or fixed wing aircrafts to allow rearming and refueling without having to fall back to a forward operating base. MEUEX is a pre-deployment training exercise that validates and reinforces the MEU’s mission capabilities across all of the Marine subordinate elements. 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 premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Malik Lewis)

• Date Taken: 12.17.2021
• Date Posted: 12.23.2021 00:51
• Photo ID: 6988499
• VIRIN: 211217-M-IS612-0401
• Resolution: 3475x2317
• Size: 3.91 MB
• Location: OKINAWA, JP