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    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Maritime Raid Force conduct Visit, Board, Search and Seizure training aboard USS Hopper (DDG 70) [Image 9 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 provides security as Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a visit, board, search, and seizure training aboard the USS Hopper (DDG 70), Carrier Strike Group 1, 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 22:42
    Photo ID: 8160366
    VIRIN: 231208-M-WE079-1221
    Resolution: 6064x4043
    Size: 5 MB
    Location: OKINAWA, JP

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