11/13/2013:Earlier this year (June 14th), an Osprey landed onboard the JS Hyuga (DDG-181) during Dawn Blitz off of the coast of Naval Base Coronado. [slidepress gallery='osprey-lands-on-japanese-ship-operating-in-the-pacific'] Credit:III MEF:11/12/13 https://sldinfo.com/osprey-lands-on-japanese-ship-for-the-first-time/ https://sldinfo.com/osprey-mates-with-japanese-ship/ Now this has been done from Okinawa to a Japanese ship deployed in the Pacific. Lt. Gen. John Wissler and…
10/15/2013: Marines serving with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion conduct a field training exercise in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Okinawa, Japan. Credit:1st Marine Division:9/6/13
07/23/2013: U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing load and stow nine MV-22B Ospreys for shipment to Okinawa, Japan on Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego Calif., June 15, 2013. Loading the Ospreys completed the third phase for…
07/18/2013: U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing stage nine MV-22B Ospreys for shipment to Okinawa, Japan on Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego Calif., June 12, 2013. Staging the Osprey completed the second phase for their shipment to…
07/11/2013: Lance Cpl. Robert Boettger, an airframe mechanic with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 Red Lions, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and a Houston native, covers an engine exhaust panel of an MV-22B Osprey aboard Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., July 9. Marines protect the panels and windows as preventive…
07/11/2013: U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing prepare to preserve nine MV-22B Osprey aircraft for shipment to Okinawa, Japan on Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, Calif., June 9, 2013. The nine aircraft are being transferred to Okinawa,…
06/24/2013: Marines from VMGR 152 Okinawa, Japan train with soldiers on a C-130J. Marine loadmasters prepare the Soldiers for a routine jump at the drop zone. Credit: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Public Affairs:4/12/13
06/22/2013: Marines from VMGR 152 Okinawa, Japan trained with Soldiers on a C-130J. Loadmasters performed container delivery systems and heavy equipment drops using a circuit course Credit: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Public Affairs:4/12/13
