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Dec 5, 2024

A U.S. Marine with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast-ropes out of an UH-1Y Venom assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Rein.) on LZ Swallow at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 4, 2024. The Marines conducted nighttime fast-rope training to enhance their ability to quickly insert into a landing zone in a low lighting scenario. 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 Pfc. Skilah Sanchez)

CAMERA

Canon EOS R6

LENS

RF28-70mm F2 L USM

APERTURE

2

SHUTTERSPEED

1/30

ISO

25600

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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CAMERA

Canon EOS R6

LENS

RF28-70mm F2 L USM

APERTURE

2

SHUTTERSPEED

1/30

ISO

25600