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U.S. Marines with Animal Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast rope from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 265 (Rein.) during aerial fast rope training as a part of MEU Exercise at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Apr. 30, 2025. Marines participated in fast rope training to enhance air-to-ground insertion capabilities during MEUEX to prepare for future operations. 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. Victor Gurrola).
250430-M-MH864-1055.JPG Photo By: Lance Cpl. Victor Gurrola

Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan - U.S. Marines with Animal Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast rope from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron 265 (Rein.) during aerial fast rope training as a part of MEU Exercise at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Apr. 30, 2025. Marines participated in fast rope training to enhance air-to-ground insertion capabilities during MEUEX to prepare for future operations. 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. Victor Gurrola).


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