Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 02.12.2020
PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 13, 2020) Service members with the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB), Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), load small-boat engines onto a CH-47 helicopter with the JGSDF aboard Whidbey Island-class the dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Service members of the JGSDF and ARDB conducted two weeks of training alongside the Marines and Sailors of the 31st......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 02.12.2020
PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 13, 2020) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Logan Ribble, from Oldsmar, Fla., aboard the Whidbey Island-Class dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42), gives directions to a CH-47 helicopter with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) as it prepares to land. Service members of the JGSDF and Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade conducted two weeks of training alongside the......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 02.12.2020
PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 13, 2020) A CH-47 helicopter with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) prepares to land aboard Whidbey Island-class the dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Service members of the JGSDF and Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade conducted two weeks of training alongside the Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in order to strengthen......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 02.12.2020
PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 13, 2020) Service members with the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB), Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), board a CH-47 helicopter with the JGSDF aboard Whidbey Island-class the dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Service members of the JGSDF and ARDB conducted two weeks of training alongside the Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 02.09.2020
PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 9, 2020) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Jabari Hosten, from New York City, aboard the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) signals to the pilots of a CH-47 helicopter with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). Service members of the JGSDF and Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade conducted two weeks of training alongside the Marines and Sailors......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 02.09.2020
PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 9, 2020) Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Trevor Drain, from Lake Forest, Calif., aboard the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) waits for service members with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) to exit a CH-47 helicopter. Service members of the JGSDF and Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade conducted two weeks of training alongside the......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 02.09.2020
PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 9, 2020) Sailors aboard the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) chain down a CH-47 helicopter with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). Service members of the JGSDF and Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade conducted two weeks of training alongside the Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in order to strengthen......
Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 02.09.2020
PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 9, 2020) Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Jean Castamby, from Lancaster, Pa., aboard the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) watches as a CH-47 helicopter with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) prepares to land. Service members of the JGSDF and Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade conducted two weeks of training alongside the Marines and......
