Marines assigned to Landing Support Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, set up a landing zone with a load of tires and sandbags as part of external lift operations training at Landing Zone Falcon, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 8, 2016. CLB-31 conducted the training with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced) to complete qualifications for the 31st MEU's upcoming spring deployment. As the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed unit, the MEU’s air-ground-logistics team provides a flexible force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations,
Marines assigned to Landing Support Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, set up a landing zone with a load of tires and sandbags as part of external lift operations training at Landing Zone Falcon, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 8, 2016. CLB-31 conducted the training with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced) to complete qualifications for the 31st MEU's upcoming spring deployment. As the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed unit, the MEU’s air-ground-logistics team provides a flexible force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations, from limited combat to humanitarian assistance operations, throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
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