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OKINAWA, Japan (March 20, 2025) — A U.S. Marine with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, jumps from a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), during parachute operations for a Reconnaissance and Surveillance exercise at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 20, 2025. The Marines participated in day parachute operations to sustain their aerial insertion skills and enhance their low visibility capabilities. The 31st MEU, 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 premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Skilah Sanchez)