BLT 1/5 conducts simulated urban assault, jungle warfare training during MEU Exercise [Image 2 of 18]

CENTRAL TRAINING AREA, OKINAWA, JAPAN

09.12.2019

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Bray 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

Cpl. Cristian Pichardo, a rifleman with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, applies camouflage paint to his face prior to conducting a simulated raid of a town at the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, on Dec. 9, 2019. The 31st MEU is currently preparing for deployment through MEUEX, a two-week evolution that prepares the Marine Air-Ground Task Force for amphibious operations launched from naval vessels. 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. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew R. Bray)

• Date Taken: 09.12.2019
• Date Posted: 12.20.2019 00:19
• Photo ID: 5987551
• VIRIN: 191209-M-MY519-1024
• Resolution: 3230x4845
• Size: 8.48 MB
• Location: CENTRAL TRAINING AREA, OKINAWA, JP