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    31st MEU recon Marines hone fast-roping capabilities in Hawaii [Image 17 of 21]

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    31st MEU recon Marines hone fast-roping capabilities in Hawaii

    MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HAWAII, UNITED STATES

    01.09.2019

    Photo by Cpl. Isaac Cantrell  

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    Sgt. Joshua Caputo, a radio reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force, prepares to fast rope from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a fast rope exercise as part of MRF’s Visit, Board, Search and Seizure training at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Jan. 9, 2019. Fast roping allows Marines to quickly enter otherwise inaccessible locations from hovering aircraft. Reconnaissance Marines with MRF train for quick, tactical raids of moving vessels, launched from both 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 premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Isaac Cantrell)

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    Date Taken: 01.09.2019
    Date Posted: 01.17.2019 04:09
    Photo ID: 5030212
    VIRIN: 190109-M-WB494-173
    Resolution: 5184x3456
    Size: 10.06 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, HAWAII, US

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