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U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced) (VMM-262 (REIN)), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) conduct shipboard aircraft fire fighter training at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. The training was designed to prepare Marines to assist Navy personnel in combating fires on the flight deck of an amphibious vessel in an emergency situation. VMM-262 (REIN) is in preparation for an upcoming amphibious deployment with the 31st MEU. (Marine Corps Motion Imagery Provided by Lance Cpl. Alexander N. Pool 31st MEU Combat Camera/ Released)

Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducted aircraft firefighting training on a simulated helicopter frame. The Marines hail from non-firefighting occupations, but while attached to the 31st MEU and deploying with aircraft on ships, every aviation Marine that works around aircraft is required to know how to extinguish a fire in the event one occurs. Soundbite from Master Sgt. Padraig McGowan. Also available in high definition