Marines embark on MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to conduct an island seizure Sept. 20 at Andersen Air Base, Guam. The island seizure is one of many vignettes, or one-day exercises, that make up Valiant Shield 2014. Valiant Shield is a exercise integrating 18,000 Navy, Air Force, Army, and Marine Corps personnel, more than 200 aircraft and 19 surface ships, offering real-world joint operational experience to develop capabilities that provide a full range of options to defend interests and those of its allies and partners. The Marines are infantrymen with 1st Battalion, 3
Marines embark on MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to conduct an island seizure Sept. 20 at Andersen Air Base, Guam. The island seizure is one of many vignettes, or one-day exercises, that make up Valiant Shield 2014. Valiant Shield is a exercise integrating 18,000 Navy, Air Force, Army, and Marine Corps personnel, more than 200 aircraft and 19 surface ships, offering real-world joint operational experience to develop capabilities that provide a full range of options to defend interests and those of its allies and partners. The Marines are infantrymen with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force under the unit deployment program. The Ospreys are with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Group, III MEF. ( Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lena Wakayama/Released) Valiant Shield 2014 conduct island seizure 140920-M-PK536-002
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