1st Lt. Andrew Schmiedler, a platoon commander with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, hikes in front of 3rd Platoon during a simulated airfield seizure at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 12, 2019. The MEU is currently preparing for deployment through MEU Exercise, a two-week evolution that prepares the Marine Air-Ground Task Force for amphibious operations 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 primary crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Audrey M. C. Rampton)
Date Taken: | 12.12.2019 |
Date Posted: | 12.18.2019 02:14 |
Photo ID: | 5987604 |
VIRIN: | 191212-M-IP473-1317 |
Resolution: | 3556x2371 |
Size: | 6.55 MB |
Location: | IE SHIMA, OKINAWA, JP |
Web Views: | 151 |
Downloads: | 13 |
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