Gunnery Sgt. Jesus Cisneros Jr., platoon sergeant for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Amphibious Reconnaissance Platoon, watches ARP Marines hanging from an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction training aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), underway in the South China Sea, Oct. 11, 2018. Cisneros, a native of Lake Station, Indiana, graduated River Forest High School in May 1997 and enlisted in January 2004. SPIE rigging allows Marines to enter and exit tactical landing zones that are inaccessible to helicopters during amphibious operation
Gunnery Sgt. Jesus Cisneros Jr., platoon sergeant for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Amphibious Reconnaissance Platoon, watches ARP Marines hanging from an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter during Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction training aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), underway in the South China Sea, Oct. 11, 2018. Cisneros, a native of Lake Station, Indiana, graduated River Forest High School in May 1997 and enlisted in January 2004. SPIE rigging allows Marines to enter and exit tactical landing zones that are inaccessible to helicopters during amphibious operations. The Seahawk belongs to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations.
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