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III MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Okinawa, Japan

Feb 6, 2020

Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, close with an enemy machine gun position during a simulated raid at the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, on Dec. 11, 2019. The 31st MEU is currently preparing for deployment through MEUEX, a two-week evolution that prepares the Marine Air-Ground Task Force for amphibious operations launched from naval vessels. 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 premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew R. Bray)

CAMERA

Canon EOS-1D X

LENS

EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM

APERTURE

5

SHUTTERSPEED

1/160

ISO

500

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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CAMERA

Canon EOS-1D X

LENS

EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM

APERTURE

5

SHUTTERSPEED

1/160

ISO

500

 
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