Marines step up relief support for Kyushu earthquake victims
US Marine Corps News
By Cpl. Samantha Villarreal | April 20, 2016
Two MV-22B Ospreys from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed the third day of disaster relief operations in support of Joint Task Force Chinzei, led by the Japan Self Defense Force, after the island of Kyushu was hit by a series of earthquakes.
The Ospreys were initially loaded with relief supplies received from a Japan Air Self Defense Force C-130H. The MV-22Bs departed Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in two sections, one at 1:00 p.m. and the other at 1:30 p.m. Japan Standard Time bound for Hakusui Sports Park, Minamiaso, where members of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force unloaded the much needed supplies to the area hardest hit by the earthquake.
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