Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, which is forward deployed from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii offload from a MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing during an air assault drill as part Blue Chromite 2017, Okinawa, Japan, November 1, 2016. Blue Chromite is a – only exercise which strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps expeditionary, amphibious rapid-response capabilities based in Okinawa and the greater Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

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