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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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.
Sergeant Levi J. Slife, a joint terminal air controller,
Sergeant Levi J. Slife, a joint terminal air controller, gives a class on reads a map in preparation of calling close-air support at Afghanistan 2010. The JTAC is the chief designator of artillery or close-air ... More
Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine
Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, provide security outside of a breached fence during a raid here, July 8. The raid was part of the Realistic Urban Training Exercise, evaluat... More
31st MEU raids Fuji for urban training
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Tyrell Shotts, company gunnery sergeant of the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides security as his team searches a captured vehicle during a raid, July 9, ... More
Lance Cpl. Colin J. Hoffman, a military policeman with
Lance Cpl. Colin J. Hoffman, a military policeman with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, awaits simulated refugees in the search area of an evacuation control center here, July 18. ... More
Marines of the chemical, biological, radiological and
Marines of the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense team of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, open the gate to a storage facility during low-light assessment and consequence management train... More
Lance Cpl. Shane A. Bailey seperates trash and recyclables
Lance Cpl. Shane A. Bailey seperates trash and recyclables with citizens of Kin Town during a community relations event at the Kin Town fishery port Aug. 4. Bailey is a machine-gunner with Battalion Landing Tea... More
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conceal themselves in the tree line on the outskirts of an enemy-held town here, Aug. 9. Inser... More
2/1 departs the 31st MEU, Okinawa
Marines and Sailors with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, unload buses here, Dec.2, to depart the island and end their role as the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team. The "Professionals"... More
Marines and Sailors with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine
Marines and Sailors with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, take accountability while boarding buses here, Dec. 2, after arriving to assume their role as the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing ... More
Marines and Sailors from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron
Marines and Sailors from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Marine Aircraft Group 36, pose for a photo with U.S. Consul General Alfred R. Magleby after recei... More
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to engage targets with the M240B machine gun and the M249 squad automatic weapon during a live-fire training exercise here, De... More
Marines with the Force Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st
Marines with the Force Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, escort a notional enemy prisoner of war during the culmination of a Close Quarters Tactics course here, May 24. The CQT course, run... More
Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense
Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialists practice evacuating a simulated casualty from a hazardous area May 24 during a reconnaissance fitness test at Camp Hansen. The CBRN Marines per... More
Colonel John E. Merna, commanding officer of the 31st
Colonel John E. Merna, commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, greets soldiers of the 12th Infantry Regiment, 8th Division, Western Army, Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces, during their arri... More
Sgt. Juan F. Cerna secures detonation cord to the primer
Sgt. Juan F. Cerna secures detonation cord to the primer of a percussion actuated neutralizer Oct. 23 during disruptive-tools training at the Demolitions 2 Range in the Central Training Area. Cerna and other ex... More
A CH-53E Super Stallion touches down at Landing Zone
A CH-53E Super Stallion touches down at Landing Zone Falcon Jan. 3 during confined area landing training in the Central Training Area. The helicopter and crew are with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, curr... More
Maj. Neil E. Oswald, center, inspects his CH-53E Super
Maj. Neil E. Oswald, center, inspects his CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with his crew before flying Jan. 8 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Oswald is a CH-53E pilot with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron ... More
Squad Competition, US Marine Corps Photo
Marines with Company E., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, quickly move to their first event in a squad competition here, Jan. 11 at Camp Hansen. Nine squads com... More
Logistics Marines establish command operations center on Courtney
Lance Cpl. Nicholas Montgomery, left, executes an inventory review with Lance Cpl. Darrell W. Evans Jan. 15 at a command operations center training event at Camp Courtney. During the training, the Marines estab... More
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s command
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s command element gather around a computer to test a data system during a communication exercise here, Jan. 15. The Marines built a field-based command and contro... More
Lance Cpl. Ryan Sparrow, a radio operator with the
Lance Cpl. Ryan Sparrow, a radio operator with the Command Element, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Spearfish, S.D., boards the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) here, Feb. 25. More than 2,200 Marine... More
U.S. Marines with the Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion
U.S. Marines with the Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) conduct combat marksmanship training on board the USS Ashland, at sea, March 15, 2014. 31st MEU... More
Combat shooting takes Marine overseas, shooting professionally for his...
First Lieutenant Andrew H. Walker engages targets at unknown distances with the Beretta M9 pistol during the Australian Army Skill at Arms Meeting May 3, 2014. The AASAM is an annual weapons based competition w... More
Sgt. Kiera Persen, right, folds origami with children
Sgt. Kiera Persen, right, folds origami with children of the Nagomi Nursing Home for Children June 22 in Nago. Marines and sailors spent the day doing activities and having an American-style cookout with the re... More
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers receive instruction
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers receive instruction during shallow water egress training (SWET) at Camp Hansen’s pool, June 26. The SWET course covered how to use a breathing regulator and flotation de... More
Boat Operations, US Marine Corps Photo
U.S. Marine Lt. Gen. John Wissler, Commanding General, III Marine Expeditionary Force (Center) and Lt. Col. Robert C. Rice speak with Lt. Gen. Koichiro Bansho, Commanding General, Western Army, as Marines with ... More
U.S. Marine Col. Romin Dasmalchi, Commanding Officer,
U.S. Marine Col. Romin Dasmalchi, Commanding Officer, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit speaks with a Japanese Soldier as Marines with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st ME... More
Top leaders observe ongoing exchange program
Lieutenant General John E. Wissler (right), commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Koichiro Bansho, commanding general of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force Western Ar... More
Japan Observer Exchange Program
U.S. Marines with Company L, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) and Soldiers from the Western Army Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) practice sma... More
U.S. Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team
U.S. Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), depart on a Combat Rubber Raiding Craft at Kin Red, Okinawa, Japan, July 16, 2014... More
Private Naoki Yamagudi posts security while practicing
Private Naoki Yamagudi posts security while practicing small unit level techniques and procedures as part of the Japan Observer Exchange Program at Kin Blue beach here, July 16. Yamagudi is a scout swimmer with... More
U.S. Marines with Company L, Battalion Landing Team,
U.S. Marines with Company L, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) and Soldiers from the Western Army Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) conduct boat... More
U.S. Marines with Company I, Battalion Landing Team,
U.S. Marines with Company I, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conduct a mechanized raid as part of MEU Exercise (MEUEX) aboard Camp Schawb, Okinawa, Japan... More
Marines fast-rope from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter
Marines fast-rope from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter July 18 at the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, during a Marine Expeditionary Unit exercise. The training scenario called for the 31st MEU’s Batta... More
U.S. Marine Col. Romin Dasmalchi, Commanding Officer,
U.S. Marine Col. Romin Dasmalchi, Commanding Officer, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks with Marines with Company K, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st... More
Maj. Gen. Andrew W. O’Donnell, center, talks to a
Maj. Gen. Andrew W. O’Donnell, center, talks to a representative of the North Kanto Defense Bureau, left, July 20 during a static display of the MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft at Yakota Air Base. Marines flew... More
Spectators observe the MV-22 Osprey as part of the
Spectators observe the MV-22 Osprey as part of the Sapporo Air Show at Sapporo Okadama Airport, July 20. More than 20,000 spectators viewed U.S. and Japan military and commercial aircraft that were either on st... More
Spectators get an up-close look at various aircraft
Spectators get an up-close look at various aircraft as part of the Sapporo Air Show at Sapporo Okadama Airport, July 20. More than 50,000 spectators viewed U.S. and Japan military and commercial aircraft that w... More
U.S. Marines with Company I, Battalion Landing Team
U.S. Marines with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) and Soldiers from the Western Army Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) conduct Amphi... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Traciemarie D. San Juan, center,
Petty Officer 3rd Class Traciemarie D. San Juan, center, is awarded the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal at Camp Hansen, July 25, for her actions in stabilizing a Marine World War II veteran after he suffere... More
U.S. Marine, Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear
U.S. Marine, Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear (CBRN) Defense Specialists from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a training exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, July 30, 2014. CBRN's mission... More
U.S. Marines and soldiers with the Japan Ground Self
U.S. Marines and soldiers with the Japan Ground Self Defense Force shake hands following the conclusion of the Japan Observer Exchange Program (JOEP) at Camp Hansen, Aug. 7. The JGSDF soldiers integrated with B... More
Children hula hoop Aug. 8 during a beach bash at the
Children hula hoop Aug. 8 during a beach bash at the United States Army Garrison Torii Station beach. The beach bash was held as a fun event to allow service members and their families an opportunity to relax b... More
Marines with Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3rd
Marines with Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, run toward their next objective as part of a company squad competition at Camp Hansen, Aug. 8. The comp... More
3/5 Conducts Heavy Machine Gun Live-Fire
Sergeant Oscar Mena fires a Mk-19 40mm heavy machine gun during a crew-served weapons familiarization shoot for Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Aug. 20. Live-f... More
Cpl. Gary Odom, a Toledo, Ohio, native, picks up trash
Cpl. Gary Odom, a Toledo, Ohio, native, picks up trash Aug. 23 at the Kin Town Fishing Port. The Kin Town Social Welfare Office coordinated the event, and invited local residents and Camp Hansen service members... More
Capt. Nicholas Dimitruk is a forward air controller
Capt. Nicholas Dimitruk is a forward air controller with Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Wimbledon, England. Dimitruk and the Marines of BLT 3/... More
U.S. Marines with Company I, Battalion Landing Team
U.S. Marines with Company I, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct training with Amphibious Assault Vehicles as part of Amphibious Integration Training (AIT)... More
Marines share history with the USS Peleliu, before and after 9/11/2001
Sergeant Maj. James Roberts (left) and GySgt. Jason M. Whipkey stand on the flight deck of the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) September 10. The Marines were embarked on the ship 13 years ago when it was diverted from Darw... More
Sailors secure an AV-8B Harrier from Marine Attack
Sailors secure an AV-8B Harrier from Marine Attack Squadron 542 (-), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, during flight operations aboard the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) during Certification Exercise (CERTEX), at sea, Sept.... More
Cpl. Tyler D. Smith (left) and Pfc. Cody Castresana,
Cpl. Tyler D. Smith (left) and Pfc. Cody Castresana, conduct basic maintenance on an AV-8B Harrier in the hanger bay of the USS Peleliu (LHA-5), Sept. 23, 2014. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit/Peleliu Amphib... More
Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine
Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast rope out of a Navy MH-60S Seahawk onto the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) for a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure during Certification Exercise (CE... More
31st MEU Fall Patrol 2014 CERTEX
Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast rope out of a Navy MH-60S Seahawk onto the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) for a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure during Certification Exercise (CE... More
Marines offload gear from an MV-22B Osprey at Clark
Marines offload gear from an MV-22B Osprey at Clark Air Base in preparation for Amphibious Landing Exercise 15 (PHIBLEX), Sept. 29, 2014. PHIBLEX is an annual bilateral training exercise conducted by the Armed ... More
Marines prepare to fly a UH-1Y Venom from Marine Medium
Marines prepare to fly a UH-1Y Venom from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, during Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) 15 her... More
A civilian mariner directs a CH-53E Super Stallion
A civilian mariner directs a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a landing Oct. 1 on the flight deck of the USNS Sacagawea in Subic Bay, Philippines. Marines are taking part in exercise T-AKE 14-2, a mariti... More
U.S. Marines load onto an MV-22B Osprey during Amphibious
U.S. Marines load onto an MV-22B Osprey during Amphibious Landing Exercise 2015 on the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) as part of a simulated embassy reinforcement, Oct. 2, 2014. PHIBLEX 15 is an annual, bilateral training... More
Philippine and U.S. Marines aboard a U.S. Marine Amphibious
Philippine and U.S. Marines aboard a U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicle take part in a mechanized assault during Amphibious Landing Exercise 15 at Naval Education and Training Command, Zambales, Luzon, Phil... More
Barrett O. Comiskey waves to his brother inside an
Barrett O. Comiskey waves to his brother inside an Amphibious Assault Vehicle during a surprise family reunion at a mechanized assault that was part of Amphibious Landing Exercise 15 here, Oct. 5. Barrett trave... More
U.S. Marines move a large boulder using a tractor
U.S. Marines move a large boulder using a tractor rubber-tire articulate-steering multipurpose vehicle during Amphibious Landing Exercise 15 at Marine Corps Base Gregorio Lim in Ternate, the Philippines, Oct. 7... More
U.S. Marines listen as U.S. Navy Lt. Yonatan Warren
U.S. Marines listen as U.S. Navy Lt. Yonatan Warren explains the history of the Bataan Death March during Amphibious Landing Exercise 15, Oct. 8, 2014. More then 100 Marines visited the memorial over two days t... More
.S. Marines carry Bangalore torpedoes fused with detonation
.S. Marines carry Bangalore torpedoes fused with detonation cord used to clear obstacles at Crow Valley, the Philippines, during Amphibious Landing Exercise 15, Oct. 8. PHIBLEX is an annual, bilateral training ... More
Top Philippine and US Military officials celebrate together during PHI...
(From left to right) U.S. Marine Col. Michael P. Wylie, operations chief, Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group Philippines, Col. John Armellino Jr., chief of staff of the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, and C... More
A bond like no other, US Marine Corps Photo
This photo illustration depicts Lance Cpl. Benjamin Ferry and his Grandfather, Richard T. Ferry, side-by-side while each was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. Coincidentally, both Benjamin and Richard wer... More
Lieutenant Colonel Robert C. Rice cuts the cake during
Lieutenant Colonel Robert C. Rice cuts the cake during a Marine Corps birthday celebration here Nov. 10. Following the cake-cutting was a battalion-wide competition pitting the companies against each other in f... More
The Hospital Corps’ top doc. U.S. Marine expeditionary force
Petty Officer 1st Class Wilson Rodriguez, Jr., a surface force independent duty corpsman, stands inside a shock trauma platoon aid station here Nov. 18. An independent duty corpsman is a hospital corpsman who h... More
A Magnificent return for 2/4 to the 31st MEU
Sergeant Major Michael L. Bolyard gives an orientation brief to the Marines of Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Nov. 21 on Camp Hansen. BLT 2/4 served as the ground combat element for the 31st... More
Automotive maintenance technician Marines work on a
Automotive maintenance technician Marines work on a Humvee at Combat Logistics Battalion 31’s maintenance building, Nov. 24. The Marines of CLB-31 support the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit with ordnance, commu... More