 Members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's battalion landing team use helicopters from the MUSE air combat element to raid an airfield on Iashima Island. The company E is designated as the MUSE helicopter company, making its familiarity with the MUSE rotary wing essential. If we get thrown into something and neither of us knows each other or knows how we operate, it's not going to go well. So by training with them and getting used to how they fly and they're getting used to what our SOPs and makes everything run a whole lot smoother. Once on the ground, Marines engage live role players with blank ammunition to capture the main airfield facility, preparing them for contingencies they may face in the upcoming deployment of the 31st MUSE. Marine Sergeant Paul Robbins Jr. Camp Hanson, Okinawa.