3rd Recon Marines Teaches VBSS Tactics to BLT 2/1 [Image 20 of 24]

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

05.04.2023

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bridgette Rodriguez 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

A U.S. Marine with the Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, monitors the surrounding area of a CH-53E Super Stallion during visit, board, search, and seizure tactics training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 4, 2023. The VBSS training was conducted to teach BLT 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: 05.04.2023
• Date Posted: 05.08.2023 20:08
• Photo ID: 7782657
• VIRIN: 230504-M-CX509-1157
• Resolution: 6110x4073
• Size: 16.8 MB
• Location: CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP