Marine Cpl. Sandro R. Lema, a joint fires observer with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and a native of West Orange, New Jersey, assembles an AN/PED-1 laser designator during a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) exercise on range W-174, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 05, 2020. The TACP consisted of Marine joint fire observers and joint terminal attack controllers who coordinated with aircraft to conduct close air support drills. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward deployed MEU, provides a flexible and letha


Marine Cpl. Sandro R. Lema, a joint fires observer with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and a native of West Orange, New Jersey, assembles an AN/PED-1 laser designator during a Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) exercise on range W-174, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 05, 2020. The TACP consisted of Marine joint fire observers and joint terminal attack controllers who coordinated with aircraft to conduct close air support drills. 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 premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.


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