U.S. Marines with Hotel Battery, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, load an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System 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 video by Lance Cpl. Gerardo Mendez)
| Date Taken: | 08.26.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 08.28.2025 23:49 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 975351 |
| VIRIN: | 250827-M-BN482-2001 |
| Filename: | DOD_111261784 |
| Length: | 00:01:55 |
| Location: | KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, JP |
| Downloads: | 33 |
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