Marine Corps Cpl. Logan Grove, a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense specialist with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit; and Lance Cpl. Xander Cook, a CBRN defense specialist with Command Element, 31st MEU, decontaminate a 155 millimeter round casing, during a CBRN Response Element exercise on Okinawa, Japan, July 11, 2022. A CRE-EX tests CBRN’s ability to respond to different operations, including investigating clandestine labs, containing chemical munitions, and countering weapons of mass destruction while performing reconnaissance, decontamin
Marine Corps Cpl. Logan Grove, a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense specialist with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit; and Lance Cpl. Xander Cook, a CBRN defense specialist with Command Element, 31st MEU, decontaminate a 155 millimeter round casing, during a CBRN Response Element exercise on Okinawa, Japan, July 11, 2022. A CRE-EX tests CBRN’s ability to respond to different operations, including investigating clandestine labs, containing chemical munitions, and countering weapons of mass destruction while performing reconnaissance, decontamination, and rapid insertion for casualties. 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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