31st MEU | Animal Co. BLT 1/7 at JWTC

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Maxton Graham, a rifleman with Animal Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, secures a simulated casualty hoisted by a UH-1Y Venom assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Rein.), 31st MEU, during hoist training at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 16, 2025. Marines participated in training to enhance their proficiency and comfortability while conducting casualty evacuation in harsh jungle environments. 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 Lance Cpl. Victor Gurrola)

31st MEU | Animal Co. BLT...

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Victor Gurrola/Released 250916-M-MH864-1572.JPG

Sep 25, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Maxton Graham, a rifleman with Animal Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, secures a simulated casualty hoisted by a UH-1Y Venom assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Rein.), 31st MEU, during hoist training at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 16, 2025. Marines participated in training to enhance their proficiency and comfortability while conducting casualty evacuation in harsh jungle environments. 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 Lance Cpl. Victor Gurrola)

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Canon EOS R

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RF24-240mm F4-6.3 IS USM

APERTURE

63/10

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1/125

ISO

100

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