U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Leon King, a machine gunner with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides suppressive fire during tactical air control party training as part of Iron Fist 25, at Irisuna Island, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 28, 2025. Iron Fist is an annual exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. 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. King is a native of Arizona. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Gerardo Mendez)
Date Taken: | 02.28.2025 |
Date Posted: | 03.03.2025 18:30 |
Photo ID: | 8894511 |
VIRIN: | 250228-M-BN482-2083 |
Resolution: | 6188x4125 |
Size: | 4.27 MB |
Location: | OKINAWA, JP |
Web Views: | 77 |
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