31st MEU, 3rd MLG conduct Casualty Evacuation exercise [Image 5 of 10]

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, JAPAN

05.21.2025

Photo by Lance Cpl. Skilah Sanchez 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

U.S. Navy Sailor Petty Officer 2nd Class Kristin Cove, a field medical technician with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, hoists a simulated casualty onto a UH-1Y Venom helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, during a casualty evacuation exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, May 21, 2025. Marines and Sailors conducted ground and air hoist guidance and tactical combat casualty care techniques in rural terrain scenarios. 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. Skilah Sanchez)

• Date Taken: 05.21.2025
• Date Posted: 05.21.2025 23:05
• Photo ID: 9053758
• VIRIN: 250521-M-BR391-1074
• Resolution: 2541x1675
• Size: 454.03 KB
• Location: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, JP