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    31st MEU | U.S. Marines perform HIMARS loading exercise

    KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, JAPAN

    08.27.2025

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Gerardo Mendez 

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    A U.S. Air Force Airman, loads an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System assigned to Hotel Battery, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, onto a U.S. Air Force, MC-130J Commando II, assigned to 1st Special Operations Wing, during a loading exercise at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, Aug 27, 2025. Marines conducted this training to maintain the ability to transport a variety of combat ready vehicles via air, land and sea. 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. Gerardo Mendez)

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    Date Taken: 08.27.2025
    Date Posted: 08.28.2025 22:19
    Photo ID: 9284654
    VIRIN: 250827-M-BN482-1078
    Resolution: 5664x3776
    Size: 9.59 MB
    Location: KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, JP

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