31st MEU Conducts Chemical Response Element Exercise, CREEX [Image 4 of 18]

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

06.21.2024

Photo by Cpl. Christopher Lape 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan Marroquin, left, a field radio operator with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, escorts a simulated adversary, Cpl. Ethan Giddens, a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense specialist with the 31st MEU, during a chemical response element exercise, on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 21, 2024. CREEX simulates the deployment of CBRN defense specialists to coordinate with explosive ordnance disposal technicians from Combat Logistics Battalion 31 and a ground support team from BLT 1/4, to conduct reconnaissance, site exploitation, control contamination, and provide technical decontamination. 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. Marroquin is a native of Texas and Giddens is a native of California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher R. Lape)

• Date Taken: 06.21.2024
• Date Posted: 06.24.2024 03:02
• Photo ID: 8493352
• VIRIN: 240621-M-MJ391-1300
• Resolution: 6720x4480
• Size: 12.32 MB
• Location: CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP