A Marine's gear lays in a combat rubber reconnaissance craft (CRRC) before a boat raid rehearsal during Blue Chromite 2017 Oct. 31, 2016, in Okinawa, Japan, aboard the amphibious transportation dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20). Blue Chromite is a –only exercise which strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps expeditionary, amphibious rapid-response capabilities based in Okinawa and the greater Indo-Asia-. Pacific region Marines are assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment which is forward deployed from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, to 3rd Marine Division, based in Okinawa, Japan. ( Marine Corps


A Marine's gear lays in a combat rubber reconnaissance craft (CRRC) before a boat raid rehearsal during Blue Chromite 2017 Oct. 31, 2016, in Okinawa, Japan, aboard the amphibious transportation dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20). Blue Chromite is a –only exercise which strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps expeditionary, amphibious rapid-response capabilities based in Okinawa and the greater Indo-Asia-. Pacific region Marines are assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment which is forward deployed from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, to 3rd Marine Division, based in Okinawa, Japan. ( Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Isaac Ibarra)


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