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    U.S. Marines, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Conduct Vertical Assault training during Exercise Forest Light Western Army [Image 9 of 13]

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    U.S. Marines, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Conduct Vertical Assault training during Exercise Forest Light Western Army

    CAMP TAKAYUBARU, KUMAMOTO, JAPAN

    01.28.2020

    Photo by Lance Cpl. Ethan LeBlanc 

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, disembark from an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing currently assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, while conducting Vertical Assault training during exercise Forest Light Western Army at Camp Takayubaru, Kumamoto, Japan, Jan. 28, 2020. 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. The exercise will consist of field training events including basic infantry skills, vertical assaults integrated with MV-22B Osprey flight operations, and combined-arms – enhancing the collective defense capabilities of the U.S.-Japanese alliance. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ethan M. LeBlanc)

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    Date Taken: 01.28.2020
    Date Posted: 01.28.2020 23:48
    Photo ID: 6049870
    VIRIN: 200128-M-XJ088-1369
    Resolution: 3000x2045
    Size: 3.64 MB
    Location: CAMP TAKAYUBARU, KUMAMOTO, JP

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