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 silhouetted US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine from Battalion Landing Tea...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Jungle Warfare Training Center State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Art Geahr, USMC Release Status: Released to Public... More
STAFF Sergeant J.J. Rodriguez, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Public A...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Hansen State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Art Geahr Release Status: Released to Public Combi... 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
After awarding the Meritorious Unit Citation to the 31st Marine Expedi...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jason M. Carter, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More
President William Jefferson Clinton and US Marine Corps Colonel James ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Jason M. Carter, Usmc Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More
US Marines from Battalion Landing Team (BLT) load into the rear of a U...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: USS Essex (LHD 2) State: Pohang Country: Republic Of Korea (ROK) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. L... More
US Marines from Battalion Landing Team (BLT) load into the rear of a U...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: USS Essex (LHD 2) State: Pohang Country: Republic Of Korea (ROK) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. L... More
US Marines, G Co./31 MEU, and Republic of Korea (ROK) Marines gather f...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Tok Sok Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Servi... More
A US NAVY Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), off loads Light Armored Ve...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Tok Sok Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (ROK) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux, Usmc Release S... More
US Marine Corps LCPL Smith drops a round into the 81mm M252 Mortar at ...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Susong Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (ROK) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux Release Status: ... More
Left side medium shot of a US Marines Corps Light Armored Vehicles (LA...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Susong Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (ROK) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux Release Status: ... More
US Marines from Weapons Company, Camp Pendleton, CA fire the M240G 7.6...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Susong Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (ROK) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux Release Status: ... More
A convoy of US Marine Corps AAV7A1 amphibious assault vehicles from We...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Susong Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (ROK) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux Release Status: ... More
Four US Marine Corps AAV7A1 amphibious assault vehicles participate in...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Susong Ri Country: Republic Of Korea (ROK) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Ryan T. Ledoux Release Status: ... 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
US Marine Corps (USMC) Lance Corporal (LCPL) Sean A. Silveraterry, Mob...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: CPL Christopher R. Rye, USMC Release Status: Released to ... More
Commanding Officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit spends a few ...
Saint Bernard, Republic of the Philippines (Feb. 19, 2006) Colonel Walter L. Miller, Jr., commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit spends a few moments with children from the area around the dev... More
Civil military operations chief for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit...
Saint Bernard, Republic of the Philippines (Feb. 19, 2006) GySgt Craig J. Fried, civil military operations chief for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit spends a few moments with children from the area around th... More
US Marine Corps (USMC) Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV7A1) assigned t...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Brian P. Biller, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More
A US Marine Corps (USMC) Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV7A1) assigned...
The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Camera Operator: JO2 Brian P. Biller, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photog... More
Marines attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit fill water bladders with fresh water to help aid victims of Cyclone Nargis aboard the USS Essex, May 11. The Essex Expeditionary Group is steaming to suppo... More
Marines attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Marines attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit fill water bladders with fresh water to help aid victims of Cyclone Nargis aboard the USS Essex May 11. The Essex Expeditionary Group is steaming to suppor... More
Lance Cpl. Matthew Stiltner, right, assigned to the Okinawa-based Comb...
PADANG, Indonesia (Oct. 12, 2009) Lance Cpl. Matthew Stiltner, right, assigned to the Okinawa-based Combat Logistics Battalion 31 of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) and an Indonesian service membe... 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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Medium
A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (Reinforced) lands through green signal smoke to recover Marines from the Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel team of the 31... 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
Corporal Joseph Stoffel, a landing support specialist
Corporal Joseph Stoffel, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion-31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, picks up a discarded coffee can during a town clean-up project here, Nov. 28. Marines an... 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
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit receives 2011 Chief of Naval Aviation O...
Major Gen. Christopher S. Owens (left), Commanding General of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and an Oregon native, presents the 2011 Chief of Naval Aviation Operations Safety Award to Lt. Col. Aaron S. Wells (right),... More
A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion,
A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, throws a makeshift grappling hook at a concertina wire barrier during a live-fire exercise here, Jan 4. T... More
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
Second Lt. Ciara G. Mamangun, adjutant for Combat Logistics
Second Lt. Ciara G. Mamangun, adjutant for Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Virginia Beach, Va., attempts to coax Japanese children into helping her play the song “... 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
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
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
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to board USS Ashland (LSD 48) for the Philippines in support of Operation Damayan, Nov. 16. Elements of the 31st MEU are deploying at the request of the g... 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
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 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
Splash and recovery qualifications
U.S. Marines with Amphibious Assault Vehicle platoon, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines attached with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct splash and recovery qualifications off the coast of ... More
Splash and recovery qualifications
U.S. Marines assigned to the Amphibious Assault Vehicle platoon, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct splash and recovery qualifications off the coa... More
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
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
VMA-223 Marines return from supporting 31st MEU
Sgt. Timothy Macleod hugs his daughter Jennalee at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., after returning from a six month unit deployment program, with Marine Attack Squadron 223, in support of the 31st ... 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
Marines with Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3rd
Marines with Company K, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, crawl underneath concertina wire during the Jungle Endurance Course at Camp Gonsalves, June 14. Multipl... 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
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
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
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