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    U.S. Marines, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force complete a bilateral vertical assault and town seizure during Exercise Forest Light Western Army [Image 1 of 6]

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    U.S. Marines, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force complete a bilateral vertical assault and town seizure during Exercise Forest Light Western Army

    KIRISHIMA MANUVER FIELD, KAGOSHIMA, JAPAN

    01.28.2020

    Photo by Sgt. Audrey Rampton 

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    An MV-22B with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing currently assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, delivers gear to U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, while executing vertical assault and simulated town seizure during exercise Forest Light Western Army at Kirishima Maneuver Field, Kagoshima, Japan, Jan. 28, 2020. The exercise consists of field training events including basic infantry skills, vertical assaults integrated with MV-22B Osprey flight operations, and combined-arms, and enhances the collective defense capabilities of the U.S.-Japanese alliance. 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 Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Audrey M. C. Rampton)

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    Date Taken: 01.28.2020
    Date Posted: 01.31.2020 02:01
    Photo ID: 6060120
    VIRIN: 200128-M-IP473-1005
    Resolution: 5760x3840
    Size: 2.29 MB
    Location: KIRISHIMA MANUVER FIELD, KAGOSHIMA, JP

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