Photo by Cpl. Christopher Lape | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 10.05.2023
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, board a 7-ton while CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Rein.), 31st MEU, egresses to return to a simulated embassy during an evacuation as part of a Joint Interagency Intergovernmental and Multinational exercise (JIIMEX), at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 5, 2023. The 31st......
Photo by Cpl. Christopher Lape | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 10.05.2023
U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crew chief, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, looks at a simulated embassy during an evacuation as part of a Joint Interagency Intergovernmental and Multinational Exercise (JIIMEX) at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 5, 2023. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously......
Photo by Cpl. Christopher Lape | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 10.05.2023
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to board a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during an embassy evacuation as part of a Joint Interagency Intergovernmental and Multinational Exercise (JIIMEX), at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 5, 2023 The exercise utilizes a forward command element, which is deployed to an area of operations to assist......
Photo by Cpl. Christopher Lape | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 10.05.2023
U.S. Department of State personnel watch a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion pilot, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, insert during an embassy evacuation as part of a Joint Interagency Intergovernmental and Multinational Exercise (JIIMEX), at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 5, 2023. The exercise utilizes a forward command element,......
Photo by Cpl. Christopher Lape | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 10.05.2023
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, post security for U.S. Department of State personnel during an embassy evacuation as part of a Joint Interagency Intergovernmental and Multinational Exercise (JIIMEX), at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 5, 2023. The exercise utilizes a forward command element, which is deployed to an area of operations to assist......
Photo by Cpl. Christopher Lape | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 10.05.2023
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, escort U.S. Department of State personnel during an embassy evacuation as part of a Joint Interagency Intergovernmental and Multinational Exercise (JIIMEX), at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 5, 2023 The exercise utilizes a forward command element, which is deployed to an area of operations to assist the embassy......
Photo by Cpl. Christopher Lape | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 10.05.2023
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, stage riot gear during a Joint Interagency Intergovernmental and Multinational Exercise (JIIMEX), at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 5, 2023. 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......
Photo by Cpl. Christopher Lape | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 10.05.2023
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Martin Galvan, center-left, the fox company operations chief with Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts an emergency evacuation brief with U.S. Department of State personnel and Marine with the 31st MEU, during an embassy reinforcement exercise, at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 5, 2023. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only......
