Marines Raid the Island Of Ie Shima [Image 91 of 242]

OKINAWA, JAPAN

10.31.2016

Photo by Lance Cpl. Kelsey Dornfeld 

U.S. Navy           

Marines provide security for an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, as it prepares to land on Ie Shima Island during a short range raid as part of Blue Chromite 2017, October 31, 2016. Blue Chromite is a U.S.-only exercise which strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps expeditionary, amphibious rapid-response capabilities based in Okinawa and greater Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The Marines are with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Division which is forward deployed from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, to 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, based in Okinawa, Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kelsey Dornfeld/ Released)

• Date Taken: 10.31.2016
• Date Posted: 11.05.2016 00:20
• Photo ID: 2969617
• VIRIN: 161031-M-PY134-004
• Resolution: 4088x2331
• Size: 911.75 KB
• Location: OKINAWA, JP