Boat Raid [Image 6 of 9]

OKINAWA, JAPAN

12.15.2021

Photo by Lance Cpl. Yvonne Iwae 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), secures an area in a tree-line during MEU exercise (MEUEX) on Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 15, 2021. MEUEX is a pre-deployment training exercise that validates and reinforces the MEU’s mission capabilities across all of the Marine subordinate elements. 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 premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Yvonne Iwae)

• Date Taken: 12.15.2021
• Date Posted: 12.22.2021 03:06
• Photo ID: 6990001
• VIRIN: 211219-M-NV622-1020
• Resolution: 5184x3456
• Size: 21.32 MB
• Location: OKINAWA, JP