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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Williams Kaplinski, left, a low-altitude missile and air defense information system maintainer, and Lance Cpl. Jordan Mills, a low-altitude air defense gunner, both with Medium Marine Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, scan the air space for simulated enemy combatants using the Light Marine Air-Defense Integrated System during a low-altitude air defense training as a part of MEU Exercise, at Ie Shima, Japan, May 6, 2025. U.S. Marines with the 31st MEU participated in a 3-day exercise designed to increase aerial-defense 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. Kaplinski is a native of Maryland and Mills is a native of Oregon. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Gerardo Mendez)
| Date Taken: | 05.05.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 05.10.2025 09:40 |
| Photo ID: | 9027243 |
| VIRIN: | 250506-M-BN482-1223 |
| Resolution: | 5764x3843 |
| Size: | 4.17 MB |
| Location: | JP |
| Web Views: | 16 |
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