Logistics support over the sea: CLB 31, 31st MEU exchange logistics experience with ARDB Logistics Support Battalion [Image 16 of 20]

CAMP AINOURA, NAGASAKI, JAPAN

02.21.2020

Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

CAMP AINOURA, JAPAN (Feb. 21, 2020) Capt. Joshua Brustad, the executive officer of Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), receives a unit banner from Lt. Col. Takayuki Katahira, the commanding officer of Logistics Support Battalion, Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB), Japan Self-Defense Force, aboard the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). During the exercise Marines and Sailors with CLB 31, 31st MEU, shared information and common practices with the ARDB Logistics Support Battalion. Germantown, part of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser)

• Date Taken: 02.21.2020
• Date Posted: 02.23.2020 21:45
• Photo ID: 6110490
• VIRIN: 200221-M-IB436-1438
• Resolution: 5252x3501
• Size: 3.52 MB
• Location: CAMP AINOURA, NAGASAKI, JP