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VBSS
Photo of the day | Force Recon Marines team up with Navy SEALs to rehearse ship seizure
ATLANTIC OCEAN U.S. Navy SEALs and U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), aboard the USS Arlington (LPD 24), prepare to load onto a rigid-hull inflatable boat to conduct a simulated joint visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) in the Atlantic Ocean, July 20, 2015. The 26th MEU […]
MARSOC conducts Maritime Operations Training
CORONADO, CA, UNITED STATES Members of 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion practice boarding and searching ships. Marines train for Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) at the highest level. This type of interdiction involves a non-compliant ship, underway, and opposed. *Courtesy of DVIDS
Loadout Room photo of the day: Force Recon Marines practice ship raids
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, VA, UNITED STATES U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) help lift a simulated casualty onto a SH-60 Seahawk during Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) training at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., April 16, 2015. The Marines were evaluated on their training […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | US & ROK Navy SEALs train to counteract threats on the high seas
JINHAE, SOUTH KOREA A Navy SEAL from Naval Special Warfare Group 1 out of Coronado, Calif., fast-ropes off of a U.S. MH-47 Chinook helicopter onto the helicopter deck of the AOE-59 Hwachun – a Korean naval refueling vessel – in Jinhae Harbor, Republic of Korea, March 20, 2012, as part of Foal Eagle 2012 – […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | MARSOC conducts VBSS training with 160th SOAR
CAMP PENDLETON, CA, UNITED STATES A Marine with the 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command climbs aboard a CH-47 helicopter after conducting a helocasting drill as part of Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) training with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment near Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 11. VBSS, […]
Loadout Room photo of the day | 11th MEU CERTEX: MRF VBSS Mission
SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, UNITED STATES AT SEA (September 12, 2016) – A Marine with Maritime Raid Force, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, climbs aboard a rigid-hulled rubber boat following a Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure mission executed off the coast of San Clemente Island, Calif., as part of the 11th MEU’s Certification Exercise, Sept. 13, 2016. […]