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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ryan Bomar, a tiltrotor crew chief, MV-22, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares for Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members with 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, to embark a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey assigned to VMM-262 (Rein.), during a bilateral insert exercise in support of Iron Fist 25, at JGSDF Camp Ainoura, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan, Feb. 19, 2025. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. 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. Bomar is a native of Georgia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tyler Andrews)
| Date Taken: | 02.19.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 02.27.2025 05:19 |
| Photo ID: | 8888493 |
| VIRIN: | 250219-M-WE079-1731 |
| Resolution: | 5942x3961 |
| Size: | 8.86 MB |
| Location: | JGSDF CAMP AINOURA, NAGASAKI, JP |
| Hometown: | TRENTON, GEORGIA, US |
| Web Views: | 46 |
| Downloads: | 2 |
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