Marines board and secure vessel at sea during VBSS exercise [Image 1 of 7]

ABOARD USNS CHARLES DREW (T-AKE 10), PHILIPPINE SEA

02.06.2019

Photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle Bunyi 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Force Reconnaissance Platoon fast rope from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter before a simulated visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), Philippine Sea, Feb. 6, 2019. During the simulated VBSS, Marines with FRP rehearsed seizing and securing a simulated hostile vessel using speed and decisive action to gain control of the ship’s bridge, engine room and quarters. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU partnering with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, 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. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle P. Bunyi / Released)

• Date Taken: 02.06.2019
• Date Posted: 02.09.2019 02:43
• Photo ID: 5089532
• VIRIN: 190206-M-PY691-060
• Resolution: 4667x3111
• Size: 1.25 MB
• Location: ABOARD USNS CHARLES DREW (T-AKE 10), PHILIPPINE SEA