A Marine with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team,
Summary
A Marine with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, posts security during a simulated airfield seizure after a long-range raid from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 12, 2019. The 31st MEU and Amphibious Squadron 11, aboard Wasp Amphibious Ready Group ships, conducted a series of sequential operations which simulated naval expeditionary combined-arms maneuver from amphibious assets to shore, utilizing Marine Air-Ground Task Force capabilities integrated across all warfighting domains. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kenny Nunez Bigay)
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2nd battalion
okinawa
7th fleet
iii marine expeditionary force
31st meu
31st marine expeditionary unit
lhd 1
353rd special operations group
lpd 20
combat logistics battalion 31
logistics combat element
ch 53 e super stallion helicopter
battalion landing team
lsd 48
1st marines
aviation combat element
clb 31
ready
magtf
marine air ground task force
amphibious assault ship uss wasp lhd 1
command element
lethal
ground combat element
partnered
noble eagle
f 35 b lightning ii
vmfa 121
blt 2 1
mv 22 b osprey tiltrotor aircraft
ah 1 z viper helicopter
indo pacific
marine medium tiltrotor squadron 265 reinforced
vmm 265 rein
dock landing ship uss ashland lsd 48
amphibious transport dock uss green bay lpd 20
uh 1 yh venom helicopter
noble eagle 19
lance cpl kenny nunez bigay
31st meu conducts long range raid airfield seizure
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us marine corps
us marine corps in japan
air ground task force
Date
12/08/2019
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