Free Fallin’: U.S. Marines, Special Operations Soldiers, Airmen conduct parachute operations [Image 1 of 11]

JAPAN

10.25.2023

Photo by Lance Cpl. Elijah Murphy 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

U.S. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, conduct pre-jump gear inspections before free-fall parachute jump operations at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, on Oct. 25, 2023. Marines, Airmen, and Special Operations Soldiers practiced static-line and free-fall jumps to hone their abilities for airborne operations. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 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 premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elijah Murphy)

• Date Taken: 10.25.2023
• Date Posted: 10.29.2023 22:19
• Photo ID: 8094407
• VIRIN: 231025-M-BI567-1002
• Resolution: 5472x3648
• Size: 3.54 MB
• Location: JP