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    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Maritime Raid Force conduct Visit, Board, Search and Seizure training aboard USS Hopper (DDG 70) [Image 8 of 13]

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    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Maritime Raid Force conduct Visit, Board, Search and Seizure training aboard USS Hopper (DDG 70)

    OKINAWA, JAPAN

    12.08.2023

    Photo by Cpl. Tyler Andrews 

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopter hovers alongside the USS Hopper (DDG 70), Carrier Strike Group 1, as Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct visit, board, search, and seizure training off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 8, 2023. VBSS is part of maritime interception operations that aim to delay, disrupt, or destroy enemy forces or supplies in the maritime domain. 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 Cpl. Tyler Andrews)

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    Date Taken: 12.08.2023
    Date Posted: 12.09.2023 22:43
    Photo ID: 8160365
    VIRIN: 231208-M-WE079-1209
    Resolution: 3590x5385
    Size: 2.48 MB
    Location: OKINAWA, JP

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