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    III EOTG | Special Missions Branch Instructs During VBSS

    PHILIPPINE SEA

    04.23.2025

    Photo by Cpl. Kira Ducato 

    III MEF Information Group     

    U.S. Marines and contractors, assigned to the Special Missions Branch, III Expeditionary Operations Training Group, observe U.S. Marines with Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to board the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76), during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise in the Philippine Sea, Okinawa, Japan, April 24, 2025. VBSS is part of the maritime interception operations that aim to delay, disrupt, or destroy enemy forces or supplies in the maritime domain. 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 Cpl. Kira Ducato)

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    Date Taken: 04.23.2025
    Date Posted: 04.25.2025 03:15
    Photo ID: 8993043
    VIRIN: 250424-M-KL113-1034
    Resolution: 5464x8192
    Size: 1.64 MB
    Location: PHILIPPINE SEA

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