Posted: 02/09/2021
PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2021) A UH-1Y Venom helicopter with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), provides close air support during a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) mission in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 3, 2021. VBSS is part of Maritime Interception Operations that aim to delay, disrupt, or destroy enemy forces or supplies in the maritime domain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brandon Salas)