Photos

Apr 28, 2025

U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, board the vessel during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the Military Sealift Command Oil/Chemical Tanker MT Haina Patriot, Okinawa, Japan, April 23, 2025. VBSS is part of the maritime interception operations that aim to delay, disrupt, or destroy enemy forces or supplies in the maritime domain. 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 Cpl. Alora Finigan)

CAMERA

Canon EOS R6

LENS

RF28-70mm F2 L USM

APERTURE

45/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/400

ISO

100

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

Read More

This photograph is considered public domain and has been cleared for release. If you would like to republish please give the photographer appropriate credit. Further, any commercial or non-commercial use of this photograph or any other DoD image must be made in compliance with guidance found at https://www.dimoc.mil/resources/limitations, which pertains to intellectual property restrictions (e.g., copyright and trademark, including the use of official emblems, insignia, names and slogans), warnings regarding use of images of identifiable personnel, appearance of endorsement, and related matters.

CAMERA

Canon EOS R6

LENS

RF28-70mm F2 L USM

APERTURE

45/10

SHUTTERSPEED

1/400

ISO

100