A Marine with Company G, Battalion Landing Team 2nd
A Marine with Company G, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides security while conducting stability and support operations. SASO operations were part... More
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jason L. Hoffarth, a light armored
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jason L. Hoffarth, a light armored vehicle gunner with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, cleans an M240B machine gun, July 23, 2011, after providing security for a scenario-based exerci... More
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion,
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element, load an internally transportable vehicle into a CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter... More
Aviation Combat Element embarks, brings aerial assets to 31st MEU
A CH-53E Sea Stallion with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 (Reinforced) prepares to land on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 28. HMM-2... 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
Rep. Itsunori Onodera of Miyagi Prefecture, senior
Rep. Itsunori Onodera of Miyagi Prefecture, senior vice minister of foreign affairs (left), shakes hands with Col. Andrew R. MacMannis, commanding officer, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and thanked him for th... 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.
Marines with Company A, Battalion Landing Team 1st
Marines with Company A, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, run toward an objective at the Kin Blue training area, Okinawa, Japan, during a mock boat raid ... More
Marines with Company A., Battalion Landing Team 1st
Marines with Company A., Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, run up the Kin Blue training area beach after leaving their combat rubber raiding craft during a mock ... More
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
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion,
Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, are transported aboard amphibious assault vehicles to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga from Ca... More
31st MEU embarks aboard USS Germantown
Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Force climb the brow of the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown. The ship pulled into Okinawa to embark the Marines to participate in Cobra Go... More
Seaman Ulyses Morero signals to a Marine CH-46 Sea
Seaman Ulyses Morero signals to a Marine CH-46 Sea Knight during flight operations aboard the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Germantown, with embarked elements of the 31s... More
Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit unload
Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit unload their gear and equipment off of a Navy landing craft here, Feb. 8. The Marines aboard the landing craft were some of the first elements of the 31st MEU to ar... 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
Seaman LeAndre Westmoreland encourages Marines and
Seaman LeAndre Westmoreland encourages Marines and sailors to heave a line during a nighttime replenishment at sea with USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204) aboard the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS ... 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 to begin securing the beach here, Feb. 9. The Marines were conductin... More
Royal Thai Marines exit an amphibious assault vehicle
Royal Thai Marines exit an amphibious assault vehicle and begin securing the beach here, Feb. 10. The Royal Thai Marines were conducting a multilateral amphibious assault with U.S. and Republic of Korea Marines... More
Lance Cpl. Aaron Gudex performs a head count of Marines
Lance Cpl. Aaron Gudex performs a head count of Marines boarding Landing Craft Utility 1627 in the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown. Germantown, with embarked elemen... 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
The first to fight: Cpl. Mike Guzman
Cpl. Mike Guzman, point man with Scout Sniper Platoon, Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, observes the immediate area for the rest of his platoo... More
U.S. Marines, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary
U.S. Marines, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, land amphibious assault vehicles aboard Hat Klad beach during a mechanized raid on AAV Camp, Thailand, Feb. 11, 2011. The Marines are conducting the... 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
As Royal Thai and U.S. Marines provide security, helicopters
As Royal Thai and U.S. Marines provide security, helicopters with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 (Rein), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, land during a mock noncombatant evacuation operation, conducted by... More
A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine
A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, validates a Japanese refugee’s identification during a non-combatant evacuation operation exercise here, Feb. 12. The training scenar... More
Sub-Lt. Pranom Yodrug, a Royal Thai reconnaissance
Sub-Lt. Pranom Yodrug, a Royal Thai reconnaissance Marine, slices a vegetable while teaching the Marines about edible vegetation as part of a jungle survival class held here, Feb. 13. The survival instruction, ... More
A Royal Thai Marine, simulating a chemical attack victim,
A Royal Thai Marine, simulating a chemical attack victim, lies still while Thai Reconnaissance Marines cordon off the area during a chemical, biological, radiological, chemical exercise here, Feb. 14. The train... 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
Deck Department sailors secure a box to a crane in
Deck Department sailors secure a box to a crane in the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit began backloading p... 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
CH-46 Sea Knights circle the air during a replenishment
CH-46 Sea Knights circle the air during a replenishment at sea between the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown, USS Tortuga and USNS Tippecanoe. Germantown, with embarked elements of t... More
Marines and sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion
Marines and sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, till land at a child protection and development center here, Feb. 22. Marines and sailors cultivated land around the cente... 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
Boatswain's Mate Seaman Ulyses Morero directs a 7-ton
Boatswain's Mate Seaman Ulyses Morero directs a 7-ton vehicle onto Landing Craft Utility 1627 in the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Elements from the 31s... More
Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Ulyses Morero directs a vehicle
Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Ulyses Morero directs a vehicle onto Landing Craft Utility 1627 in the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). Elements from the 31st Mari... 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, 31st
An AV-8B harrier with Marine Attack Squadron 311, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit lands as another begins its final approach to land, March 5. The squadron joined the 31st MEU to support it during the upcoming A... 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
USS Essex at sea - US Navy Photo
A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 (Reinforced) lands on the flight deck here, March 10. The helicopters were delivering Marines and supplies to Okinawa during the 31st ME... 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
Capt. Robert Schwaab, the assistant logistics officer
Capt. Robert Schwaab, the assistant logistics officer for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, coordinates with non-governmental organization leaders to assist in effective humanitarian aid distribution here, Ma... 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
A Marine with 1st Platoon, Company B., Battalion Landing
A Marine with 1st Platoon, Company B., Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, crawls through a watery ditch and under concertina wire during the Jungle Endurance Cour... 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.
Shizuoka Pref. visits 31st MEU, discusses HADR capabilities
Takahiro Odaira, an advisor with the Shizuoka Prefecture's Disaster Planning Office on mainland Japan, marks the area for the upcoming summer disaster relief drill, the Tokai Earthquake Scenario, to Marines of ... More
31st MEU Marine recognized as honor graduate of Career Course, giving ...
Staff Sgt. John Rudd, an explosives ordnance disposal team leader for Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, accepts a non-commissioned officer sword in recognition of his selection as h... More
Marines of 3rd platoon, Company G., Battalion Landing
Marines of 3rd platoon, Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to fly in a KC-130 en route to Darwin, Australia to participate in Exercise Hamel 2... More
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
Australian soldiers with 1st Brigade dig fortified
Australian soldiers with 1st Brigade dig fortified machine gun nests here, June 22. Prior to the main operations, Marines of Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expedition... More
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a response to contact drill here, June 30. The Marines of 3rd platoon with Weapons platoon rei... More
Marines brace against Aussie advance during Exercise Hamel 2012
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a response to contact drill here, June 30. The Marines of 3rd platoon with Weapons platoon rei... More
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
Lance Cpl. Theodore Kavich (right), a fire team leader
Lance Cpl. Theodore Kavich (right), a fire team leader with Company G, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, directs his fire team’s fields of fire during a response... More
Sgt. Matthew Sullivan, senior intelligence analyst
Sgt. Matthew Sullivan, senior intelligence analyst with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares a RQ-11B Raven, an unmanned aerial vehicle, for flight here, J... More
A 40mm illumination round is fired from an M203 grenade
A 40mm illumination round is fired from an M203 grenade launcher over an Australian smokescreen in an attempt to show their movements during the siege of Raspberry Creek here, July 5. The major engagement of th... 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
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, launch a volley of mortars for suppression during a live-fire exercise here, July 13. Following the co... 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
An Airman from the 18th Air Wing out of Kadena Air
An Airman from the 18th Air Wing out of Kadena Air Force Base, mows grass at the Tomari International Cemetery here, July 29. Through the efforts of one young Boy Scout, Gabriel Vasquez, military members from n... 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
Marines with Company F., Battalion Landing Team 2nd
Marines with Company F., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, disembark from an amphibious assault vehicle and take defense in the tree line here, Aug. 11. ... More
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit,
Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, approach the well deck of amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) after conducting open ocean operations using Combat Rubber Raiding Crafts (CRR... More
Marines from 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare
Marines from 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to launch Light Armored Vehicle 25 during a simulated beach exercise. Amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), commanded by Capt. Daniel Dusek, i... More
Amphibious assault vehicles with Marines and sailors
Amphibious assault vehicles with Marines and sailors of Company E., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, rally in preparation for the assault and seizure of... More
A combat rubber raiding craft baring Marines and Sailors
A combat rubber raiding craft baring Marines and Sailors with Company F., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and soldiers with 1st Company, 51st Infantry R... More
Cpl. Miles Cooley, chief sniper for the Scout Sniper
Cpl. Miles Cooley, chief sniper for the Scout Sniper Platoon, Headquarters & Service Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes aim at a buoy targe... More
31st MEU, Philippine leaders meet over Palawan projects
(Third from right to right) Gunnery Sgt. Cyrus Nator, civil military officer for the 31st MEU, Navy Lt. Zachary Smith, medical planner for the 31st MEU, and Chief Petty Officer Paul Sexton, lead chief petty off... More
Staff Sgt. Leo A. Hunnicutt prepares fake IEDs for
Staff Sgt. Leo A. Hunnicutt prepares fake IEDs for a mock convoy around Camp O’Donnell Oct. 9. Members of the Philippine Marines, Army and U.S. Marines participated in a convoy to learn how one another react to... More
Lance Cpl. Cameron Wright, heavy equipment operator
Lance Cpl. Cameron Wright, heavy equipment operator with CLB-31 and a native of Jacksonville, Fla., waits for a batch of concrete to stop mixing prior to pouring during the engineering civil affairs project her... More
31st MEU Marines go to school with Filipino children
Lance Cpl. Christopher Heatherington, combat engineer with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and a native of Fairbury, Ill., attempts to cheat off a neighboring fourth-grader during ... More
Corporal Christopher W. Johnson, a crew chief for Marine
Corporal Christopher W. Johnson, a crew chief for Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-262 (REIN), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and native of Youngstown, Ohio, fires a GAU-21 .50 caliber machine gun to suppress... More