A Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing extracts Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division, and Army Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), during Castaway on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, March 17, 2021. The exercise demonstrated the Marine Corps’ ability to integrate with the joint force to seize and defend key maritime terrain, provide low-signature sustainment, and execute long-range precision fires in support of naval operations from an expeditionary advanced base.

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