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Video by Sgt. Peter Rawlins
31st MEU | Helocast B-Roll
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
May 21, 2025 | 2:56
U.S. Marines with Weapons and Baker Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Expeditionary Operations Training Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, conduct a helocast at Kin Blue Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, May 21, 2025. The purpose of a helocast is to enhance airborne techniques and enable Marines to insert personnel into a body of water from an aircraft. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, and provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations across the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Peter Rawlins)
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