Marine Corps Sgt. Gabriel Kazanfer, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, loads a Zuni rocket before a joint live-fire strike exercise, part of Super Garuda Shield 2024, aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20), in the Java Sea, Aug. 31, 2024. The purpose of the exercise was to effectively communicate with other military entities and destroy a simulated enemy. Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise that has significantly grown in scope and size since 2009. Super Garu


Marine Corps Sgt. Gabriel Kazanfer, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, loads a Zuni rocket before a joint live-fire strike exercise, part of Super Garuda Shield 2024, aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20), in the Java Sea, Aug. 31, 2024. The purpose of the exercise was to effectively communicate with other military entities and destroy a simulated enemy. Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise that has significantly grown in scope and size since 2009. Super Garuda Shield 2024 is the third consecutive time this exercise has grown into a combined and joint event, focused on commitment to partnership and a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. ( Marine Corps photo By Cpl. Osmar Gutierrez)


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