31st MEU conducts Aerial Fast Rope Training for MEUEX [Image 2 of 12]

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

04.30.2025

Photo by Lance Cpl. Victor Gurrola 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

U.S. Marines with Animal Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, perform a gear check before entering a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 265 (Rein.) during aerial fast rope training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Apr. 30, 2025. Marines participated in fast rope training to enhance air-to-ground insertion capabilities. 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. Victor Gurrola).

• Date Taken: 04.30.2025
• Date Posted: 05.01.2025 22:35
• Photo ID: 9007286
• VIRIN: 250430-M-MH864-1140
• Resolution: 6369x4246
• Size: 5.96 MB
• Location: CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP