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U.S. Marines and Vietnamese troops move through the

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

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

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

Marine 2nd Lt. Maxwell Bennett, a Communications Strategy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) with Naval Beach

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

US Marine Corps USMC) Lance Corporal LCPL) Tracey Craft front), Weapons Company Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion BN), 3rd Marine Regiment 2/3), 3rd Marine Division MARDIV), III Marine Expeditionary Force MEF), assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit MEU) Special Operations Capable SOC), throws a practice grenade into a room to clear it before he and LCPL Ryan Billings behind LCPL Craft), Wpns Co., 2/3 Marines, enter during a MOUT Military Operations on Urban Terrain) training class in the MOUT facility on Republic of Korea Marine Corps ROKMC) Marine Corps Base, Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Republic of Korea KOR). These Marines are participating in Amphibious Ready Group...

US Marine Corps USMC) Lance Corporal LCPL) Tracey Craft front), Weapon...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Tracey Craft (front), Weapons Company (Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marine Reg... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Trav Gothard (left) and Private First Class (PFC) Jamie Bevins (right), both with Weapons Company (Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), 3rd Marine Divion (MARDIV), III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), ascend and clear a staircase during a MOUT (Military Operations on Urban Terrain) training class in the MOUT facility on Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) Marine Corps Base, Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Republic of Korea (KOR). These Marines are participating in Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) Exerce 04-1 (ARGEX 04-1), which...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Trav Gothard (left) and P...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Travis Gothard (left) and Private First Class (PFC) Jamie Bevins (right), both with... More

These tents belong to the US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Weapons Company (Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), 3rd Marine Division (MARDIV), III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), and are set-up as obstacles on the O-Course area of the Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) facility on Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) Marine Corps Base, Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Republic of Korea (KOR). These Marines are participating in Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) Exercise 04-1 (ARGEX 04-1), which is a bi-annual combined training exercise designed to re-familiarize US Navy...

These tents belong to the US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Weapons Comp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: These tents belong to the US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Weapons Company (Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marine Regiment (2/... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Chris McKinney (right, front) and CPL Nathan Herrig (right, back) deliver a MOUT (Military Operations on Urban Terrain) training session on fire team movement to Marines, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion (BN), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), Fleet Marine Force (FMF), and Weapons Company (Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), 3rd Marine Division (MARDIV), III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), who are training in the MOUT facility on Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) Marine Corps Base, Pohang,...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Chris McKinney (right, front) an...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Chris McKinney (right, front) and CPL Nathan Herrig (right, back) deliver a MOUT (Military... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Tracey Craft (center), Weapons Company (Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), 3rd Marine Division (MARDIV), III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), throws a practice grenade into a room to clear it before he and LCPL Ryan Billings (back to wall), Wpns Co., 2/3 Marines, enter during a MOUT (Military Operations on Urban Terrain) training class in the MOUT facility on Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) Marine Corps Base, Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Republic of Korea (KOR). These Marines are participating in Amphibious Ready Group...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Tracey Craft (center), We...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Tracey Craft (center), Weapons Company (Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marine Re... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) , Weapons Company (Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), 3rd Marine Division (MARDIV), III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), form up for an accountability count before training in a Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) facility on Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) Marine Corps Base, Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Republic of Korea (KOR). These are participating in Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) Exercise 04-1 (ARGEX 04-1), which is a bi-annual combined training exercise designed to re-familiarize US Navy (USN) Sailors and USMC...

US Marine Corps (USMC) , Weapons Company (Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion (BN)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Weapons Company (Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), 3rd Marine Division (M... More

US Marine Corps USMC) Sergeant SGT) Jole Norton right) delivers a MOUT Military Operations on Urban Terrain) class to Marines, Weapons Company Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion BN), 3rd Marine Regiment 2/3), 3rd Marine Division MARDIV), III Marine Expeditionary Force MEF), assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit MEU) Special Operations Capable SOC), who are about to enter the MOUT facility on Republic of Korea Marine Corps ROKMC) Marine Corps Base, Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Republic of Korea KOR). These Marines are participating in Amphibious Ready Group ARG) Exercise 04-1 ARGEX 04-1), which is a bi-annual combined training exercise designed to re-familiarize US Navy...

US Marine Corps USMC) Sergeant SGT) Jole Norton right) delivers a MOUT...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Jole Norton (right) delivers a MOUT (Military Operations on Urban Terrain) class to Marine... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Trav Gothard (left) and Private First Class (PFC) Jamie Bevins (right), both with Weapons Company (Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), 3rd Marine Divion (MARDIV), III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), ascend and clear a staircase during a MOUT (Military Operations on Urban Terrain) training class in the MOUT facility on Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) Marine Corps Base, Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Republic of Korea (KOR). These Marines are participating in Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) Exerce 04-1 (ARGEX 04-1), which...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Trav Gothard (left) and P...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Travis Gothard (left) and Private First Class (PFC) Jamie Bevins (right), both with... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion (BN), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), Fleet Marine Force (FMF), and Weapons Company (Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), 3rd Marine Division (MARDIV), III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), participate in MOUT (Military Operations on Urban Terrain) training in the MOUT facility on Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) Marine Corps Base, Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Republic of Korea (KOR). These Marines are participating in Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) Exercise...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR)...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion (BN), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), I Marine Ex... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Chris McKinney (center, arm extended) delivers a MOUT (Military Operations on Urban Terrain) training session on fire team movement to Marines, 3rd Light Armored connaissance (LAR) Battalion (BN), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), Fleet Marine Force (FMF), and Weapons Company (Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marine giment (2/3), 3rd Marine Division (MARDIV), III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), who are training in the MOUT facility on public of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) Marine Corps Base, Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province,...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Chris McKinney (center, arm exte...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Chris McKinney (center, arm extended) delivers a MOUT (Military Operations on Urban Terrai... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Brian Ceponis (standing, left, center) delivers a MOUT (Military Operations on Urban Terrain) training session on planning urban operations to Marines, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance (LAR) Battalion (BN), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), Fleet Marine Force (FMF), and Weapons Company (Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), 3rd Marine Division (MARDIV), III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), who are training in the MOUT facility on Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) Marine Corps Base, Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Brian Ceponis (standing, left, c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Brian Ceponis (standing, left, center) delivers a MOUT (Military Operations on Urban Terra... More

S Marine Corps (SMC) Sergeant (SGT) Jole Norton (bottom center) delivers a MOT (Military Operations on rban Terrain) class to Marines, Weapons Company (Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marine Regiment (2/3), 3rd Marine Division (MARDIV), III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary nit (ME) Special Operations Capable (SOC), who are about to enter the MOT facility on Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) Marine Corps Base, Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Republic of Korea (KOR). These Marines are participating in Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) Exercise 04-1 (ARGEX 04-1), which is a bi-annual combined training exercise designed to re-familiarize...

S Marine Corps (SMC) Sergeant (SGT) Jole Norton (bottom center) delive...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Sergeant (SGT) Jole Norton (bottom center) delivers a MOUT (Military Operations on Urban Terrain) class t... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Brian Ceponis (standing, left) delivers a MOUT (Military Operations on Urban Terrain) training session on planning urban operations to Marines, 3rd Light Armored connaissance (LAR) Battalion (BN), 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV), I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), Fleet Marine Force (FMF), and Weapons Company (Wpns Co), 2nd Battalion (BN), 3rd Marine giment (2/3), 3rd Marine Division (MARDIV), III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), who are training in the MOUT facility on public of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC) Marine Corps Base, Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province,...

US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Brian Ceponis (standing, left) d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Brian Ceponis (standing, left) delivers a MOUT (Military Operations on Urban Terrain) trai... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) Roy A. Arnold, right, symbolically passes the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable, Command over to COL Walter L. Miller, Jr., by passing-on the unit colors at a change of command ceremony on the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) USS ESSEX (LHD 2)

US Marine Corps (USMC) Colonel (COL) Roy A. Arnold, right, symbolicall...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Essex (LHD 2) Scene Major Command Shown: III Marine Expeditionary Force Scene Camera Operator: SGT Cory A. Kelly, USMC Release Status: Releas... More

The US Marine Corps (USMC) 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable, Color Guard, along with MEU subbordinate element colors present the colors during the national anthem at the 31st MEU change of command ceremony on the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) USS ESSEX (LHD 2)

The US Marine Corps (USMC) 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Speci...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Essex (LHD 2) Scene Major Command Shown: III Marine Expeditionary Force Scene Camera Operator: SGT Cory A. Kelly, USMC Release Status: Releas... More

After relinquishing command of 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable, to Colonel (COL) Walter L. Miller, Jr., (not shown) COL Roy A. Arnold presents him with an original 31st MEU coin at a change of command ceremony on the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) USS ESSEX (LHD 2)

After relinquishing command of 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), S...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Essex (LHD 2) Scene Major Command Shown: III Marine Expeditionary Force Scene Camera Operator: SGT Cory A. Kelly, USMC Release Status: Releas... More

Comm Marines Keeps 3rd MEB Wired

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

Blue-green team helps landings aboard Essex

Blue-green team helps landings aboard Essex

A crew member of the USS Essex guides an AV-8B Harrier to its designated space after completing flight operations Feb. 1. The 31st MEU is an ideal example of how the Marine Corps trains and operates as a Marine... More

Royal Thai and U.S. Marine aircraft provide air support

Royal Thai and U.S. Marine aircraft provide air support

Royal Thai and U.S. Marine aircraft provide air support for an amphibious assault raid here Feb. 10, 2011, during Exercise Cobra Gold 2011. Cobra Gold 2011 is a regularly scheduled multinational training exerci... More

Marines with BLT 2/5, 31st MEU, III MEF, practice MCMAP

Marines with BLT 2/5, 31st MEU, III MEF, practice MCMAP

Marines with BLT 2/5, 31st MEU, III MEF, practice MCMAP techniques with Cambodian service members Feb. 27. The 31st MEU visited and participated in bilateral training as part of the U.S. Pacific Command’s Theat... More

31st MEU rady to provide relief in Japan

31st MEU rady to provide relief in Japan

Sailors with Amphibious Squadron 11 attach chains to a CH-46E Sea Knight with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, during flight deck operations, March 13. Marines... More

A Sailor signals the Marine pilots of a CH-53E Super

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

The USS Essex (LHD 2), with the 31st Marine Expeditionary

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

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,

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

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

Dragons join 31st MEU as air combat element

Dragons join 31st MEU as air combat element

Two CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, taxi across a runway on Marine Corps Air Station Futenm... More

A Marine with Company F communicates with USS Tortuga

A Marine with Company F communicates with USS Tortuga

A Marine with Company F communicates with USS Tortuga via radio as his boat heads through the surf to White Beach Naval Facility June 28. The Marines and USS Tortuga conducted launch and recovery operations to ... More

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrives for Talisman Sabre 2011

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrives for Talisman Sabre 2011

Lance Cpl. Don Picha, right, with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, poses for a picture with a child after letting him try on Marine Corps gear at Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011's opening ceremony at the Rockha... More

31st MEU arrives for Talisman Sabre 2011

31st MEU arrives for Talisman Sabre 2011

Lance Cpl. Don Picha, right, with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, poses for a picture with a child after letting him try on Marine Corps gear at Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011's opening ceremony at the Rockha... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpls. Stephan A. Fournier,

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

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

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

Corps’ amphibious roots on display

Corps’ amphibious roots on display

Amphibious assault has long been a part of Marine Corps tradition, demonstrated first during the landing at New Providence Island, Bahamas, in 1776 and utilized during many major conflicts of World War II and t... More

An amphibious assault vehicle carrying elements of

An amphibious assault vehicle carrying elements of

An amphibious assault vehicle carrying elements of Company G, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, charges onto Freshwater Beach, Queensland, Australia, in ... More

MEU arrives in Darwin. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

MEU arrives in Darwin. U.S. Marine expeditionary force

Marines with Company F, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Australian Defence Force members unload gear from an Australian military vehicle Aug. 1 in ... More

Marines practice rapid refueling

Marines practice rapid refueling

Sgt. Aaron Klopf, air traffic controller with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265, currently attached to 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, utilizes a device to measure wind direction, elevation, barometric pres... More

Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion,

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

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

Lance Cpl. Cody Lindeman, left, a machine gunner with

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

PHILIPPINE SEA (April 15, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 2nd

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

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

Spouses of service members with III Marine Expeditionary

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,

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

Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion,

Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion,

Marines from Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, scout a beach in advance of the initial wave of the Royal Thai, U.S. bilateral boat raid here Feb. 7. The ... More

Royal Thai, U.S. and Republic of Korea Marine’s amphibious

Royal Thai, U.S. and Republic of Korea Marine’s amphibious

Royal Thai, U.S. and Republic of Korea Marine’s amphibious assault vehicles arrive on land during the multilateral amphibious assault here Feb. 10. The Marines were conducting the amphibious assault with Royal ... More

U.S. Marine amphibious assault vehicles from the 31st

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

U.S. Marine Lt. Col. William E. Arick III, commanding

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

U.S. Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicles maneuver

U.S. Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicles maneuver

U.S. Marine Corps amphibious assault vehicles maneuver back to USS Tortuga after completing training at Hat Yao Beach, Feb. 10, during Exercise Cobra Gold 2012. CG 12 is the largest multilateral exercise in the... More

Boat Company secures beach, objective during raid

Boat Company secures beach, objective during raid

Marines with Company A, BLT 1st Bn., 4th Marines, await orders to assault further inland during a small-boat raid at White Beach Naval Facility March 17.

A reconnaissance Marine takes part in a timed shooting

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

Sergeant Levi J. Slife, a joint terminal air controller,

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. Shane A. Bailey seperates trash and recyclables

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

Staff Sgt. Leo A. Hunnicutt prepares fake IEDs for

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

U.S. Marines Pfc. Alvin Pido, Gunner and Pfc. Jeffery

U.S. Marines Pfc. Alvin Pido, Gunner and Pfc. Jeffery

U.S. Marines Pfc. Alvin Pido, Gunner and Pfc. Jeffery Castillo both assigned to Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary ... More

U.S. Navy Lt. Zachary Smith teaches the students of

U.S. Navy Lt. Zachary Smith teaches the students of

U.S. Navy Lt. Zachary Smith teaches the students of Santa Fe Elementary School an English class Oct. 13 during a community relations project as part of the bilateral Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) 2013. ... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class James Green distributes medical

Petty Officer 2nd Class James Green distributes medical

Petty Officer 2nd Class James Green distributes medical care Oct. 14 at Tagburos Elementary School during a bilateral medical and dental civil affairs project as part of the bilateral Amphibious Landing Exercis... More

Joy M. Aguilas speaks during the closing ceremony of

Joy M. Aguilas speaks during the closing ceremony of

Joy M. Aguilas speaks during the closing ceremony of an engineering civic assistance project Oct. 16 as part of the bilateral Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) 2013. Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine E... More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Justin M. Millard

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Justin M. Millard

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Justin M. Millard examines Nab Sinyon’s back as Aorowan Pandee, right, translates at a cooperative health engagement Feb. 11 at Nong Ya Plong village, Ban Dan Lan Hoi District,... More

A U.S. Navy landing craft air cushion hovercraft

A U.S. Navy landing craft air cushion hovercraft

A U.S. Navy landing craft air cushion hovercraft transporting U.S. Marines glides toward the beach Feb. 14 during an amphibious assault demonstration alongside Royal Thai Marines in Sattahip, Kingdom of Thailan... More

U.S. Marine Corps aircraft, a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter

U.S. Marine Corps aircraft, a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter

U.S. Marine Corps aircraft, a CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter and a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, prepare to touch down to transport evacuees of a multinational emergency evacuation drill Feb. 17 in Pattaya, C... More

A U.S. Marine assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion,

A U.S. Marine assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion,

A U.S. Marine assigned to Company G, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, peers down his AN/PVQ-31 Rifle Combat Optic at a simulated enemy during a mock mechanized raid at the Shoalwater ... More

Sgt. Juan F. Cerna secures detonation cord to the primer

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

Lt. Gen. John Wissler, left, and Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki,

Lt. Gen. John Wissler, left, and Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki,

Lt. Gen. John Wissler, left, and Gen. Shigeru Iwasaki, watch an MV-22B Osprey maneuver for a landing Nov. 12 aboard the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship Ise. The event marked the first time an Osprey has ... More

Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, load equipment onto the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42)

Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expedition...

OKINAWA, Japan (Nov. 16, 2013) Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, load equipment onto the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) at U.S. Navy White Be... More

Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, load equipment onto the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42).

Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expedition...

OKINAWA, Japan (Nov. 16, 2013) Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, load equipment onto the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) at U.S. Navy White Be... More

Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU), III Marine Expeditionary Force, chain down a vehicle aboard a landing craft air cushion at U.S. Navy White Beach Port Facility.

Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU), III Marine...

OKINAWA, Japan (Nov. 16, 2013) Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU), III Marine Expeditionary Force, chain down a vehicle aboard a landing craft air cushion at U.S. Navy White Beach Port F... More

Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU), III Marine Expeditionary Force, use a landing craft air cushion to load gear and equipment onto the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42).

Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU), III Marine...

OKINAWA, Japan (Nov. 16, 2013) Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU), III Marine Expeditionary Force, use a landing craft air cushion to load gear and equipment onto the amphibious dock lan... More

Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st

Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st

Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU), III Marine Expeditionary Force, load gear and equipment onto the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) at U.S. Navy White Beach Port Fa... More

U.S. Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit,

U.S. Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit,

U.S. Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, use a Landing Craft Air Cushion to load gear and equipment onto the USS Germantown at U.S. Navy White Beach Port Facility, O... More

U.S. Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit,

U.S. Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit,

U.S. Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, load gear and equipment onto the USS Germantown at U.S. Navy White Beach Port Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 16, 2013. The M... More

An MV-22B Osprey aircraft, assigned to the 3rd Marine

An MV-22B Osprey aircraft, assigned to the 3rd Marine

An MV-22B Osprey aircraft, assigned to the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, carrying a bilateral assessment team, lands to refuel on the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, Nov. 18. Operation Damayan is th... More

U.S. Marine Cpl. Stephen Jarrell, of Toledo, Ohio,

U.S. Marine Cpl. Stephen Jarrell, of Toledo, Ohio,

U.S. Marine Cpl. Stephen Jarrell, of Toledo, Ohio, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, observes a destroyed village from a MV-22B Osprey aircraft as a bilateral assessment team lands to deli... More

Lieutenant Col. Omar J. Randall (right), commanding

Lieutenant Col. Omar J. Randall (right), commanding

Lieutenant Col. Omar J. Randall (right), commanding officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), discusses the locations for aid deliveries with a village mayor using a Philip... More

Lt. Gen. John Wissler (center), the commanding general

Lt. Gen. John Wissler (center), the commanding general

Lt. Gen. John Wissler (center), the commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, meets Marines and sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit during a visit here, Nov 26. Elements of the 31st MEU... More

Sgt. Rick D. Guthrie (left), the engineer platoon sergeant

Sgt. Rick D. Guthrie (left), the engineer platoon sergeant

Sgt. Rick D. Guthrie (left), the engineer platoon sergeant for Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), explains the capabilities of the embarked heavy equipment to Ambassador Philip... More

A CH-53E Super Stallion touches down at Landing Zone

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

Steve C. Schrock, standing second from left, briefs

Steve C. Schrock, standing second from left, briefs

Steve C. Schrock, standing second from left, briefs wrestling participants on safety guidelines developed by the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles Jan. 4 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenm... More

Maj. Neil E. Oswald, center, inspects his CH-53E Super

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

Logistics Marines establish command operations center on Courtney

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

Members of Camp Hansen’s Kaiju, black shirts, compete

Members of Camp Hansen’s Kaiju, black shirts, compete

Members of Camp Hansen’s Kaiju, black shirts, compete in a “line-out” against the Torii Station Beach Boys during a rugby match March 9 at Camp Naha. A line-out is awarded against the last team to touch the bal... More

Assault Amphibious Vehicle approaches beach during

Assault Amphibious Vehicle approaches beach during

Assault Amphibious Vehicle approaches beach during rehearsal landing for Ssang Yong 14 at Dogue Beach, Pohang, South Korea, March 29, 2014. Exercise Ssang Yong is conducted annually in the Republic of Korea (RO... More

Marines aboard amphibious assault vehicles conduct

Marines aboard amphibious assault vehicles conduct

Marines aboard amphibious assault vehicles conduct a rehearsal combined forcible entry landing operation on Dogue beach March 29 in Pohang, Republic of Korea as part of exercise Ssang Yong 2014. Ssang Yong demo... More

Assault Amphibious Vehicle launched from the USS Ashland

Assault Amphibious Vehicle launched from the USS Ashland

Assault Amphibious Vehicle launched from the USS Ashland (LSD-48) beaches during rehearsal landing for Ssang Yong 14 at Dogue Beach, Pohang, South Korea, March 29, 2014. Exercise Ssang Yong is conducted annuall... More

Marines aboard amphibious assault vehicles conduct

Marines aboard amphibious assault vehicles conduct

Marines aboard amphibious assault vehicles conduct a rehearsal combined forcible entry landing operation on Dogue beach March 29 in Pohang, Republic of Korea as part of exercise Ssang Yong 2014. Ssang Yong demo... More

U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force and

U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force and

U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force and Republic of Korea (ROK) Marines with 1st ROK Marine Division execute fire team formations during amphibious assault rehearsal for Ssang Yong 14 at Dogue Beac... More

Artillery Marines fire off rounds from M777A2 lightweight

Artillery Marines fire off rounds from M777A2 lightweight

Artillery Marines fire off rounds from M777A2 lightweight 155 mm howitzers April 3 at Su Seung-ri Range in the Republic of Korea as part of Exercise Ssang Yong 2014. The Marines shot off eight rounds during the... More

Australian soldiers run out of a CH-53E Super Stallion

Australian soldiers run out of a CH-53E Super Stallion

Australian soldiers run out of a CH-53E Super Stallion April 4 in Pohang, Republic of Korea as part of a simulated vertical assault. The Australians assaulted a wooded area after disembarking and used technique... More

Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd

Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd

Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and under the command of 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, III Marine Expeditionary Force ... More

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