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    31st MEU | Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure exercise [Image 4 of 16]

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    31st MEU | Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure exercise

    OKINAWA, JAPAN

    04.22.2025

    Photo by Cpl. Alora Finigan 

    31st Marine Expeditionary Unit       

    A U.S. Marine with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to hoist a simulated casualty during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the Military Sealift Command Oil/Chemical Tanker MT Haina Patriot, Okinawa, Japan, April 22, 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 Cpl. Alora Finigan)

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    Date Taken: 04.22.2025
    Date Posted: 04.27.2025 03:47
    Photo ID: 8995858
    VIRIN: 250422-M-MI274-1543
    Resolution: 3648x5472
    Size: 11.35 MB
    Location: OKINAWA, JP

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