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

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JAPAN

06.21.2024

Photo by Cpl. Christopher Lape 

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

U.S. Marines Corps LCpl. Jonathan Marroquin, center, a field radio operator, and Cpl. Trentavius Phariss, an artillery cannoneer, both with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, use an M-100 sorbent decontamination system on a 7-ton vehicle during a chemical response element exercise, on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 21, 2024. CREEX simulates the deployment of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear 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 Phariss is a native of Tennessee. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Christopher R. Lape)

• Date Taken: 06.21.2024
• Date Posted: 06.24.2024 03:01
• Photo ID: 8493400
• VIRIN: 240621-M-MJ391-2725
• Resolution: 6341x4227
• Size: 9.8 MB
• Location: CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, JP