U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment,

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 3rd Marine Division, and Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, buckle in during on and off drills aboard a MV-22B Osprey for exercise Forest Light 19.2, in Aibano Training Area, Japan, on Feb. 4, 2019. The Osprey is used in various insertion and extraction missions because they have a wide range of unique capabilities including vertical landing and takeoff. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christine Phelps)