U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter
Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 and VMFA-242 load F-35B Lightning
II aircraft with ordinance before they take off during an
Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) at Kadena Air
Base, Okinawa, Japan.
Marine Aircraft Group 12 regularly
exercises expeditionary warfare concepts such as
expeditionary advanced base operations to sustain their role
as a forward-deployed group capable of supporting U.S.
expeditionary operations in the Indo-Pacific.
U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance
Cpl. David Getz January 19, 2023