Marines with Company F, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, tour an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), underway in the South China Sea, Sept. 26, 2018. BLT 2/5 is the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, currently underway aboard the Wasp as part of a regularly-scheduled patrol of the Indo-Pacific region. Company F, the helicopter-borne raid element with BLT 2/5, partner with the pilots and crew of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced) to conduct amphibious training and operations while unde
Marines with Company F, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, tour an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), underway in the South China Sea, Sept. 26, 2018. BLT 2/5 is the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, currently underway aboard the Wasp as part of a regularly-scheduled patrol of the Indo-Pacific region. Company F, the helicopter-borne raid element with BLT 2/5, partner with the pilots and crew of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced) to conduct amphibious training and operations while underway aboard the Wasp and while ashore. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations in the Indo-Pacific region.
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