A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 3rd
A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), touches the Kraken skull before a night boat raid launch aboard dock landing ship USS Ashland (... More
U.S. Marines and Vietnamese troops move through the
U.S. Marines and Vietnamese troops move through the grounds of the Imperial Palace in the old citadel area of Hue, Vietnam, Feb. 26, 1968, after seizing it from Communist hands. The heavy damage was the result ... More
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force provides rear security during a bottom-up house clearing exercise as part of a close-quarters tactics range on Camp Ha... More
A reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary
A reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Amphibious Reconnaissance Platoon reloads a pistol magazine during marksmanship training aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), un... More
190614-N-DX072-1008 CORAL SEA (June 14, 2019) An SH-60S
190614-N-DX072-1008 CORAL SEA (June 14, 2019) An SH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25, lands on the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48... More
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit climb
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit climb ropes at the end of the obstacle course at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 15, 2017. 31st MEU Marines participated in the obstacle course together to boos... More
Marine 2nd Lt. Maxwell Bennett, a Communications Strategy
Marine 2nd Lt. Maxwell Bennett, a Communications Strategy and Operations officer with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes a cell phone picture from the vantage point of an Imperial Japanese machine gunner... More
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force carries a simulated casualty during a stress shoot as part of a close-quarters tactics range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, ... More
Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary
Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) celebrate the 122nd birthday of the Hospital Corps on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 17, 2020. The Hospital Corpsman birthday was established... More
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force carries ammo cans during a stress shoot as part of a close-quarters tactics range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, May 14, 202... More
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force grabs ammunition prior to a modified qualification as part of a close-quarters tactics range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, ... More
Force Reconnaissance Marines with the 31st Marine
Force Reconnaissance Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Maritime Raid Force clear a stairway during a close-quarters tactics range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 20, 2020. The 31st MEU... More
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine
A Force Reconnaissance Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Maritime Raid Force fast ropes into a close-quarters tactics exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 21, 2020. The 31st MEU, th... More
ABOARD USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD-6), At Sea (Aug. 26,
ABOARD USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD-6), At Sea (Aug. 26, 2016) – Col. Tye R. Wallace (left) and Sgt. Maj. Jim Lanham (right), fire M1911 .45-caliber pistols during live-fire training aboard the USS Bonhomme Richar... More
Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) with Naval Beach
Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) with Naval Beach Unit 7 move supplies in preparation to board amphibious assault ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 19. 2021. The 31st MEU is operating a... More
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion,
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), hold up a formation signal during a debarking rehearsal aboard dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) ... More
A U.S. Marine MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with
A U.S. Marine MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares to land during a humanitarian assistance rehearsal aboard do... More
Marines prep combat rubber rider craft for training exercise
Marine Corps Cpl. Nathan Meier and Sgt. Mark Terrell mount the engine onto a combat rubber rider craft aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Meier and Terrell are preparing the craft for a training exercise.
USS Harry S. Truman, US Navy Photogrpah
Petty Officer 3rd Class Dustin Green, hull maintenance technician, from Columbus, Ohio, removes weld splatters and other residue from the welding table in the repair shop aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S... More
USS Essex, US Navy Photogrpah
Marines assigned to Amphibious Reconnaissance and Force Reconnaissance Platoons of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, launch a combat rubber reconnaissance craft from the well deck of the forward-deployed amph... More
USS Green Bay, US Navy Photogrpah
Sailors raise their arms, signifying that they have successfully donned their MCU-2P gas mask during chemical, biological, and radiological training aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay. The CBR t... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit fire handguns on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Ready Gr... More
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Navy Exchange Fleet Store
A view of the new Navy Exchange Fleet Store at Bravo Piers. (U.S. Navy photo by Denise Emsley)
Airman Recruit Natalie Gonzalez, aviation boatswain's
Airman Recruit Natalie Gonzalez, aviation boatswain's mate (equipment), serves food for a birthday meal in the aft galley aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. The meal was open to sailors with an Augu... More
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - USS George Washington
Petty Officer 3rd Class Kyle Adona, interior communications electrician, from Vallejo, Calif., fires an M-9 pistol during a small-arms live-fire exercise aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington. Georg... More
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Hawaii - Ammunition Offload
An HH-60H Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the Indians of Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron 6 airlifts ordnance off the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz during an ammunition offload with the Milit... More
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Naval Postgraduate School
Marine Corps Capt. Brandon Newell explains his research in the area of expeditionary energy to faculty, students and staff at the Naval Postgraduate School. NPS provides advanced education and research programs... More
Hawaii - PANFLUEX, US Navy Photogrpah
A sailor assigned to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth receives a dose of FluMist, the nasal influenza vaccination. The medical center is one of two to take part in PANFLUEX, the Chief of Naval Operations' Pandem... More
Clean Air Act Anniversary, Florida
Capt. Jeffrey Maclay, center, commanding officer of Naval Air Station Jacksonville, presents members of the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast Pollution Prevention Team with a letter of commendation on the 40th a... More
Valiant Shield 2010, US Navy Photogrpah
Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry practice shooting their M-14 carbines and M-16 rifles. Harpers Ferry, part of the permanently f... More
Bronze Star Recipient - Public domain photogrpaph
Rear Adm. Timothy Giardina, deputy commander and chief of staff of U.S. Pacific Fleet, presents the Bronze Star medal to Jayson Fuller, chief intelligence specialist, assigned to Afloat Planning System, Pacific... More
Hawaii - USNS Mercy, US Navy Photogrpah
Personnel from the Naval Supply Systems Command's Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Pearl Harbor load provisions, mail, and critical repair parts aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy. M... More
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Salt Lake City Navy Week
Lt. Bashon Mann, assigned to the Navy Office of Community Outreach, reads to children in the after school reading program at the Capital West Boys and Girls Club during Salt Lake City Navy Week, one of 19 Navy ... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare for a simulated air raid aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex is part of the forward-deployed Essex Amphibious Read... More
Comm Marines Keeps 3rd MEB Wired
Lance Cpl. Joshua Daigler, with Radio Data Team, Company B, 7th Communications Battalion, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade test network connections prior to Amphibious Landing Exercise 2011, Oct. 6. Phiblex 201... More
Lance Cpl. Richard Pobocik, from Flint, Mich., assigned
Lance Cpl. Richard Pobocik, from Flint, Mich., assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, loads ammunition rounds for an M-240 machine gun qualification aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver... More
Seaman Jason S. Ramirez, corpsman, Marine Aircraft
Seaman Jason S. Ramirez, corpsman, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Tech. Sgt. Isidro Dadizon, a medical technician for the Philippine Air Force discuss a child's prognosis during t... More
Cpl. Chadrick Green, an electrician with Combat Logistics
Cpl. Chadrick Green, an electrician with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, Marine Expeditionary Unit 31, plays with Jennie Hernadaz, a student with Anastacio EL Dinglas Elementary School) during the Engineer Civil... More
Brig. Gen. Joel C. Marayag, commander, 1st Air Division,
Brig. Gen. Joel C. Marayag, commander, 1st Air Division, Philippine Air Force speaks during the opening ceremony for PHIBLEX 2011 held on Clark Air Base, Pampanga, Republic of the Philippines, Oct. 14, 2010. PH... More
3d MEB Uses Social Media During Phiblex
Locals from the Barangay of San Jose visit the Amphibious Landing Exercise social media web site at a local internet cafe here, Oct. 15. The photographs, videos, and articles published on the site are of servic... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit,
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Alpha Company, 2nd Platoon, clean their M-16 rifles in the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver. Denver is part of the permanently f... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit board the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry to participate in Amphibious Landing Exercise 2011. The annual, bilateral, amphibious-landing trai... More
3d MEB Gets 'likes' on Facebook
A young Filipino child writes down the address to the Amphibious Landing Exercise 2011 Facebook page. The Facebook page was started by the 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade staff and is being used to spread the w... More
Brig. Gen. Mark A. Brilakis, commanding general, 3d
Brig. Gen. Mark A. Brilakis, commanding general, 3d Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and Brig. Gen. Rustico O. Guerrero, commandant, Philippine Marine Corps, shake hands during the closing ceremony of Amphibious L... More
U.S. military personnel along with their Filipino
U.S. military personnel along with their Filipino counterparts conducted initial bilateral recovery assistance in the areas impacted by Typhoon Juan international name, Megi), Oct. 20-22. During this period, U... More
Phiblex '11 comes to close during ceremony
A bilateral color guard presents the colors during the closing ceremony of Amphibious Landing Exercise 2011 here, Oct. 22. Throughout the exercise, AFP and U.S. personnel conducted different training evolutions... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit load sea bags into a truck during exercise Cobra Gold 2011. The 31st MEU and the Essex Amphibious Ready Group are participating in Exercise Cobra Gold 2011... More
A Sailor signals the Marine pilots of a CH-53E Super
A Sailor signals the Marine pilots of a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, as it takes off during flight operations March 17. The 31st... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit load humanitarian assistance supplies onto a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Ess... More
U.S. Marines and sailors onboard the USS Essex (LHD-2),
U.S. Marines and sailors onboard the USS Essex (LHD-2), wait to load food and water supplies onto a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditio... More
Offloading supplies, US Navy Photogrpah
Sailors and Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, work with Japanese civilians and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel to offload supplies from a landing craft utility during Operation T... More
The USS Essex (LHD 2), with the 31st Marine Expeditionary
The USS Essex (LHD 2), with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard, nears the coast of Japan at sunrise, Mar. 27, 2011. The 31st MEU and Amphibious Squadron 11 delivered food, water, comfort items and commer... More
Col. Andrew MacMannis (right), 31st Marine Expeditionary
Col. Andrew MacMannis (right), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit commanding officer, talks with Eija Kimizuka, commander of Joint Task Force-Tohoku, about present operations during Kimizuka’s visit aboard USS Esse... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard a landing craft utility, depart the amphibious assault ship USS Essex. Essex and the embarked 31st MEU is operating off the coast of Kesennuma in no... More
A Marine with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion,
A Marine with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, helps a local man remove an unscathed table from a severely damaged house here during Operation Field Day, a debr... More
Heavy equipment operated by a Marine with the 31st
Heavy equipment operated by a Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, carries a destroyed truck to a collection point, where over 100 others rest. As part of Operation Tomodachi, the 31st MEU is ready t... More
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Stephan A. Fournier,
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Stephan A. Fournier, left, and Craig J. Reyes, right, both mortarmen with Company G, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III M... More
Marines with Company F lay in floor boards on their
Marines with Company F lay in floor boards on their combat rubber raiding craft near Kin Blue Beach July 13.
U.S. Marines and Australian Defence Force personnel
U.S. Marines and Australian Defence Force personnel listen as U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Thomas A. Salas, right, from Yigo, Guam, a martial arts instructor trainer with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logi... More
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, discuss plans for moving the supplies with the role players during a disaster relief training exercise held on Camp Hansen Oct. 10. Du... More
Lance Cpl. Cody Lindeman, left, a machine gunner with
Lance Cpl. Cody Lindeman, left, a machine gunner with BLT 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, communicates with a Philippine Marine during the mock mechanized amphibious assault at the Naval Training Facility in San Mi... More
Brig. Gen. Craig Q. Timberlake, commanding general
Brig. Gen. Craig Q. Timberlake, commanding general of 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and distinguished guests stand at attention while colors are presented during the closing ceremony for Amphibious Landing E... More
Marines of 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, arrive
Marines of 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, arrive from Camp Pendleton, Calif. for deployment with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit as the new Battalion Landing Team, Dec. 4. The battalion has now become t... More
PHILIPPINE SEA (April 15, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 2nd
PHILIPPINE SEA (April 15, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Marcus Carter with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), a native of Houston, Texas, gives a Marine with the 31st MEU a... More
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 16, 2020) An F-35B Lightning
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 16, 2020) An F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares to land on the flight deck of... More
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 17, 2020) A Marine with Marine
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 17, 2020) A Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares to mount an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missil... More
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 20, 2020) A Marine with Battalion
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 20, 2020) A Marine with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fires his M-27 infantry automatic rifle during a nighttime combat marksma... More
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 21, 2020) Rear Adm. Fred Kacher,
SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 21, 2020) Rear Adm. Fred Kacher, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7, speaks to S-1 Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) aboard amphibious assault ship USS Am... More
MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with Marine Medium
MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fly during a combat mission rehearsal aboard amphibious assault ship USS Amer... More
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit don
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit don M50 gas masks as part of annual training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 23, 2018. Marines train to use protective equipment to guard against potential c... More
Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. poses for a photo with
Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr. poses for a photo with Naoki Kondo, administrator for the Sendai International Airport Office, after presenting him a plaque for their efforts and support during Operation Tomodac... More
Capt. Sara Pagnotta, the adjutant for the 31st Marine
Capt. Sara Pagnotta, the adjutant for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, greets local Okinawans before a soccer game at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 24, 2018. Community relations events give 31st MEU Mari... More
Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri says goodbye to children
Maj. Gen. Peter J. Talleri says goodbye to children as he exits Oshima Elementary during a visit Jan. 12. During the visit, nearly 30 members of the III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations... More
Raymond and Motoko Richards (left), homestay volunteers
Raymond and Motoko Richards (left), homestay volunteers were greeted by Naoko Kikuta (right) on Oshima Island, Jan. 12. Kikuta's children participated in the homestay program last summer.
Spouses of service members with III Marine Expeditionary
Spouses of service members with III Marine Expeditionary Force graduate Okinawa Leadership Seminar at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, March 1, 2018. OLS graduates participated in week long lectures and workshops o... More
Edwin A. Ventura, the tactical safety officer for the
Edwin A. Ventura, the tactical safety officer for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks to a Marine during a mock amphibious assault, here, Feb. 9. Working as the tactical safety officer, “Ace,” as he is c... More
Marines with Company B, Battalion Landing Team 1st
Marines with Company B, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, exit an amphibious assault vehicle and move into position to provide supporting fire during a mechanize... More
U.S. Marine amphibious assault vehicles from the 31st
U.S. Marine amphibious assault vehicles from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit line up on a beach during the bilateral mechanized raid training here Feb. 11.The Marines were training with Royal Thai Marines du... More
Thai children watch as two CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters
Thai children watch as two CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 (REIN), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to land during a non-combatant evacuation operation exercise, ... More
U.S. Marine Lt. Col. William E. Arick III, commanding
U.S. Marine Lt. Col. William E. Arick III, commanding officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, briefs official visitors about the non-combatant evacuation operation site here Fe... More
Two Royal Thai Marines conduct a Muay Thai kickboxing
Two Royal Thai Marines conduct a Muay Thai kickboxing demonstration for U.S. Marines and sailors of Company B, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, as part of a spo... More
A U.S. Marine with Company B, Battalion Landing Team,
A U.S. Marine with Company B, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, role plays an enemy defender here, Feb. 16. U.S. Marines and their Royal Thai counterparts parti... More
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion,
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, pose for a photograph with their Royal Thai Marine counterparts before a soccer game here, Feb. 16. U.S. Marines w... More
31st MEU Marines do pushups with orphans on backs
U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion-31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, compete in a push-up challenge with children from the Pattaya Orphanage sitting on their backs, Feb. 17. Twenty-five Marines and ... More
Lance Cpl. Ashley E. Johnson, a 19-year-old intelligence
Lance Cpl. Ashley E. Johnson, a 19-year-old intelligence specialist from Delran, N.J., attached to Combat Logistics Battalion-31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, plays with a child from the Pattaya Orphanage du... More
Gunnery Sgt. David Vanderwest (left), 33-year-old logistics
Gunnery Sgt. David Vanderwest (left), 33-year-old logistics chief for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, talks with U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer 4 Dan Fonner, officer in charge of the Beach Master Unit, abo... More
A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion,
A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, colors with an orphan child during a visit, here, Feb. 23. The Marines volunteered their time after successfully ... More
A dusk view from the deck of the USS Essex at sea
Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Squadron 11 watch the sunset aboard the USS Essex after daily flight operations are completed at sea, March 4. The 31st MEU is conducting... More
An AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack Squadron 311, part
An AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack Squadron 311, part of the Air Combat Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes off from the USS Essex, March 6. The pilots of VMA 311 were conducting night carrier... More
A forklift delivers simulated food and medical supplies
A forklift delivers simulated food and medical supplies to a fictional town during the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief scenario here, March 10. Part of the MEU’s certification exercise and including... More
A flag made by the locals of a fictional, disaster-torn
A flag made by the locals of a fictional, disaster-torn town requests assistance from the Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit during the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief scenari... More
Mock American refugees climb into the back of a 7-ton
Mock American refugees climb into the back of a 7-ton truck during a noncombatant evacuation exercise following a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operation exercise here, March 11. Part of the MEU’s... More
Communications Marine solves problems, keeps 31st MEU connected
Sgt. Collin J. Walter, or “Rain Man” as he’s called by his fellow communications Marines, a data network specialist with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, troubleshoots a government computer here, March 21. W... More
Lance Cpl. Samantha A. Sabalboro, an airframe mechanic
Lance Cpl. Samantha A. Sabalboro, an airframe mechanic with Marine Attack Squadron 311, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts a speed brake functionality check on an AV-8B Harrier, March 21. Sabalboro fills ... More
Capt. Sarah Smith, CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter pilot
Capt. Sarah Smith, CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter pilot with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, climbs aboard her aircraft to begin the flight that surpassed the 1... More
A reconnaissance Marine takes part in a timed shooting
A reconnaissance Marine takes part in a timed shooting drill while marksmanship instructors watch where his shots hit during a three-week maritime raid force urban sniper course at Camp Schwab April 14. The ins... More
Lieutenant Col. Damien "Faulkner" Marsh, commanding
Lieutenant Col. Damien "Faulkner" Marsh, commanding officer of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 (REIN), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, applies a temporary Dragon tattoo to a fan during a static display of... More
More than 30 Marine Attack Squadron 542 Marines departed
More than 30 Marine Attack Squadron 542 Marines departed Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., June 1. The squadron will provide support with its AV-8B Harriers for operations in the Pacific, with the 3... More
A Marine empties a soda bottle before bagging it during
A Marine empties a soda bottle before bagging it during the Camp Hansen Single Marine Program's Kin clean up, June 10. The areas cleaned up by nearly 100 Marines were central Kin Town and Kin Red Beach.
U.S. Marines with 3rd Platoon, Golf Company, Battalion
U.S. Marines with 3rd Platoon, Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit unload their luggage after arriving at Camp Rocky in Rockhampton, Australia, to pa... More