Col. Robert “Bams” Brodie, left, Sgt. Maj. Edwin A. Mota, center, and Col. Scott Fosdal ride aboard an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft while conducting free-fall parachute jump training, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 29, 2018. Brodie is the commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Mota is the unit’s sergeant major and Fosdal is a senior evaluator with III Marine Expeditionary Force supporting Certification Exercise. The Osprey belongs to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), the Aviation Combat Element for the 31st MEU. During the training, 31st MEU Amphibious Reconnaissa
Col. Robert “Bams” Brodie, left, Sgt. Maj. Edwin A. Mota, center, and Col. Scott Fosdal ride aboard an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft while conducting free-fall parachute jump training, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 29, 2018. Brodie is the commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Mota is the unit’s sergeant major and Fosdal is a senior evaluator with III Marine Expeditionary Force supporting Certification Exercise. The Osprey belongs to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), the Aviation Combat Element for the 31st MEU. During the training, 31st MEU Amphibious Reconnaissance Marines flew to a spot above a landing zone on Ie Shima Training Facility, off Okinawa’s northwest coast, before exiting a cruising MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft – from there, the Marines fell for approximately 50 seconds before deploying parachutes to land safely. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations across the Indo-Pacific region.
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