A Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopter provides security as Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a visit, board, search, and seizure training aboard the USS Hopper (DDG 70), Carrier Strike Group 1, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 8, 2023. VBSS is part of maritime interception operations that aim to delay, disrupt, or destroy enemy forces or supplies in the maritime domain. 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 pre


A Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopter provides security as Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a visit, board, search, and seizure training aboard the USS Hopper (DDG 70), Carrier Strike Group 1, off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 8, 2023. VBSS is part of maritime interception operations that aim to delay, disrupt, or destroy enemy forces or supplies in the maritime domain. 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 premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler Andrews)


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