U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines cheer on a fellow Marine during a friendly swimming competition with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade during subject matter expert exchange at Camp Ainoura, Sasebo, Japan, April 25, 2019. BLT 1/4 is the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The weeklong SMEE reinforced the U.S. Marine-JGSDF partnership and commemorated the 1st anniversary of the ARDB. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continually 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 photos by Lance Cpl. Cameron Parks/ Released)
Date Taken: | 04.25.2019 |
Date Posted: | 05.02.2019 00:48 |
Photo ID: | 5311965 |
VIRIN: | 190425-M-XH454-119 |
Resolution: | 2595x1730 |
Size: | 949.37 KB |
Location: | CAMP AINOURA, NAGASAKI, JP |
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