U.S. Marines with Animal Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a search during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Higgins (DDG 76), Okinawa, Japan, April 24, 2025. VBSS is part of the 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 Lance Cpl. Skilah Sanchez)
Date Taken: | 04.24.2025 |
Date Posted: | 04.24.2025 21:12 |
Photo ID: | 8992709 |
VIRIN: | 250424-M-BR391-1356 |
Resolution: | 420x664 |
Size: | 51.73 KB |
Location: | OKINAWA, JP |
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