U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, transport aboard U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys assigned to VMM-262 (Rein.) during Iron Fist 25 on Feb. 26, 2025 off the coast of Japan.
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Tyler May, a reconnaissance Marine with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, poses for a portrait during jungle field training for Iron Fist 24, at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves on Feb. 25, 2024 in Okinawa, Japan.
U.S. Marine Corps pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, receive a refuel in an MV-22B Osprey assigned to VMM-262 (Rein.) from a C-130H, during aerial refuel operations in support of Iron Fist 25 on Feb. 21, 2025 off the coast of Japan.
U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45), direct a U.S. Navy landing craft, air cushion as U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, arrive during an amphibious insert at Kin Blue Beach Training Area on July 29, 2024 in Okinawa, Japan.
U.S. Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, advance their position during a simulated raid on Combat Town at Camp Hansen on Nov. 16, 2023 in Okinawa, Japan.
U.S. Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to board U.S. Army landing craft, USAV Calaboza (LCU 2009) during a visit, board, search, and seizure training at White Beach Naval Facility on Dec. 6, 2023 in Okinawa, Japan.
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Phelan, a military police officer and working dog handler with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, poses for a picture with military working dog Graco, a 3-year-old German Shepherd patrol and explosive detection dog with direction control through obstacles at Camp Hansen on July 10, 2023 in Okinawa, Japan.
A U.S. Army MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system is fired for a coastal air defense event during Balikatan 23 at the Naval Education, Training and Doctrine Command on April 25, 2023 in Zambales, Philippines.
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Benjamin Thompson with Force Reconnaissance Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, directs Marines during a patrol at Jungle Warfare Training Center on May 17, 2022 in Okinawa, Japan.
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, post security and provide return fire in a light armored vehicle during a simulated raid exercise on Combat Town at Camp Hansen on July 31, 2024 in Okinawa, Japan.
Republic of Korea Marine Corps Commandant Lt. Gen. Kim Kye-Hwan, center, and U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. James W. Bierman, commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, left, tour the training area at the Education and Training Group on March 16, 2023 in the Republic of Korea.
U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force rappel from a UH-1Y Venom assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 during special patrol insertion and extraction training at Landing Zone Starling, Camp Schwab on Sept. 21, 2023 in Okinawa, Japan.
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, advance their position during a mechanized raid exercise at Camp Schwab on Aug. 13, 2024 in Okinawa, Japan.
U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, load ordnance during F-35B Lightning II ordnance operations aboard the amphibious assault ship the USS America (LHA 6) on Aug. 21, 2024 in the vicinity of Miyako Strait.
U.S. Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a visit, board, search, and seizure exercise aboard the USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) on Feb. 11, 2024 in the Philippine Sea.
A U.S. Marine Corps sniper with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, sets security from a UH-1Y Venom helicopter assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise at White Beach Naval Facility on Dec. 12, 2024 in Okinawa, Japan.
U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopters and AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, deployed to 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, take flight for unit training at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on Oct. 3, 2023 in Okinawa, Japan.
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members with 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, prepare to embark a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, during a bilateral insert exercise in support of Iron Fist 25 at JGSDF Camp Ainoura on Feb. 23, 2025 in Nagasaki, Japan.
