Seaman Recruit Eugene T. Brandon reaches for a heaving
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Seaman Recruit Eugene T. Brandon reaches for a heaving line from Marines of Company F., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, while practicing launch and recovery operations in Combat Rubber Raiding Craft here, March 1. The 31st MEU recently embarked on the three ships of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group to begin their regularly scheduled Spring Patrol. Embarked on the USS Denver are elements of BLT 2/5, as well as small detachments from the Command Element, Combat Logistics Battalion 31, and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced). The 31st MEU is the Marine Corps’ force in readiness for the Asia-Pacific region and the only continuously forward-deployed MEU. (Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Paul Robbins Jr.)
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