3rd Recon Marines Teaches VBSS Tactics to BLT 2/1 [Image 6 of 24]

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

05.03.2023

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bridgette Rodriguez 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

U.S. Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to fast rope off a UH-1Y Venom helicopter during visit, board, search, and seizure tactics training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 3, 2023. The VBSS training was conducted to teach Battalion Landing Team 2/1 Marines insertion methods and close quarter tactics for boarding and securing maritime 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 premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bridgette Rodriguez)

• Date Taken: 05.03.2023
• Date Posted: 05.08.2023 20:14
• Photo ID: 7782643
• VIRIN: 230503-M-CX509-1074
• Resolution: 6411x4274
• Size: 11.63 MB
• Location: CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP