U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Brian Gardner, the safety chief of parachute operations for 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, conducts pre-jump checks on a C-130 Hercules during free-fall parachute jump operations at Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, on Oct. 26, 2023. Marines, Airmen, and Special Operations Soldiers practiced static-line and free-fall jumps to hone their abilities for airborne operations. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 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 Cpl. Elijah Murphy)
Date Taken: | 10.26.2023 |
Date Posted: | 10.29.2023 21:53 |
Photo ID: | 8094415 |
VIRIN: | 231026-M-BI567-1006 |
Resolution: | 5019x3346 |
Size: | 1.65 MB |
Location: | JP |
Web Views: | 125 |
Downloads: | 16 |
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