FARP [Image 12 of 14]

OKINAWA, JAPAN

12.17.2021

Photo by Lance Cpl. Malik Lewis 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

A U.S. Marine Corps bulk fuel specialists with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), waits for a command 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: 6988503
• VIRIN: 211217-M-IS612-0669
• Resolution: 5184x3456
• Size: 12.17 MB
• Location: OKINAWA, JP