Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st MEU, board an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing currently assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, while conducting bilateral vertical assault training during exercise Forest Light Western Army at Camp Oyanohara, Kumamoto, Japan, Jan. 23, 2020. The exercise consista of field training events including basic infantry skills, vertical assaults integrated with MV-22B Osprey flight operations, and combined-arms – enhancing the collective defense capabilities
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st MEU, board an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing currently assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, while conducting bilateral vertical assault training during exercise Forest Light Western Army at Camp Oyanohara, Kumamoto, Japan, Jan. 23, 2020. The exercise consista of field training events including basic infantry skills, vertical assaults integrated with MV-22B Osprey flight operations, and combined-arms – enhancing the collective defense capabilities of the alliance. 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. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ethan M. LeBlanc)
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