Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to secure an external load to an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft during helicopter support team (HST) training at Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 28, 2020. The purpose of an HST is to set up and secure a landing zone for aircraft as well as secure any external loads for pick up. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 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-Pac
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to secure an external load to an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft during helicopter support team (HST) training at Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 28, 2020. The purpose of an HST is to set up and secure a landing zone for aircraft as well as secure any external loads for pick up. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 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.
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