FARP [Image 9 of 14]

OKINAWA, JAPAN

12.17.2021

Photo by Lance Cpl. Malik Lewis 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

A U.S. Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), signals to the bulk fuel specialists 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 01:15
• Photo ID: 6988500
• VIRIN: 211217-M-IS612-0767
• Resolution: 2537x1691
• Size: 1.5 MB
• Location: OKINAWA, JP