U.S. Navy Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Jakob Wright, a search and rescue swimmer assigned to USS Ashland (LSD 48), sits on a rigid-hull inflatable boat prepared for a helocast training exercise near Numazu Beach, Japan, Mar. 7, 2022. Helocasting is an airborne, low signature technique used by small unit, special operations forces to insert into a military area of operations that is practiced by Marines from the Amphibious Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 31st MEU. Maritime Defense Exercise-Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade is a bilateral exercise meant to increase interoperability and strengthen ties between U.S. and Japanese forces for the defense of Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Grace Gerlach)
| Date Taken: | 03.07.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 03.10.2022 18:47 |
| Photo ID: | 7086004 |
| VIRIN: | 220307-M-ST547-1047 |
| Resolution: | 1000x667 |
| Size: | 235.24 KB |
| Location: | AT SEA |
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