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RME0JKW1–Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Maritime Raid Force, check their weapons during a call-away drill in th
RMHF3NHC–Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, watch as a UH-1Y Huey flies by during helocast training at Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 2, 2015. Helocasting involves helicopters flying Marines into an insertion point and hovering over the water while they jump out. Once in the water, Marines put on their fins and swim either to waiting Combat Rubber Raiding Craft or to shore. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Thor J. Larson/Released) 31st MEU Marines Leap into Helocast Training 151202-M-MS007-038
RM2K5N1DJ–Zambales, Philippines. 07 October, 2022. U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, take part in an amphibious landing during KAMANDAG 6, October 7, 2022 in Zambales, Philippines. KAMANDAG 6 is a combined exercise with the Philippine Marine Corps, South Korean Marine Corps, and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.
RMP3AW30–Sea (March 30, 2006) - A Republic of Korea (ROK) amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) launches from the amphibious transport dock ship USS Juneau (LPD 10) during a combined amphibious landing held in Manripo, Republic of Korea symbolizing the culmination of Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration (RSIO) and Foal Eagle (FE) 2006. Ships and units of Commander, Task Force Seven six (CTF-76) and embarked elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) have been participating in RSOI/FE 06 to strengthen interoperability between U.S. and ROK forces. U.S. Navy
RM2AB780H–HAT YAO, Thailand (Feb. 14, 2013) An amphibious assault vehicle assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) returns to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) after the simulated beach assault portion of exercise Cobra Gold 2013.
RM2HYMYJK–Gotemba, Japan. 15th Mar, 2022. Members of Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force participate during a joint military exercise with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, U.S. Marines at Camp Fuji in Shizuoka-Prefecture, Japan on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
RM2B14F14–A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to land on a hilltop during Exercise Talisman Saber 17 on Townshend Island, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 18, 2017. Talisman Saber is a biennial exercise designed to improve the interoperability between Australian and U.S. forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Stormy Mendez)
RF2GDCKK4–OKINAWA, Japan (Feb. 14, 2021) Hospital Corpsmen Dillon Bothell, left and Devin Declercq prepare COVID-19 vaccination shots aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18). New Orleans, part of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kelby Sanders)
RF2GH1TWN–GULF OF THAILAND (Feb. 29, 2020) An F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Marine Medium Tiltrotor
RM2M5DFEB–PHILIPPINE SEA (March. 4, 2022) An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 takes off from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
RMW556R8–190726-N-DX072-1059 CAIRNS, Australia (July 26, 2019) The amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) arrives in Cairns, Australia for a scheduled port visit, July 26, 2019. Green Bay, part of the Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, participated in Talisman Sabre 2019 off the coast of Northern Australia. A bilateral, biennial event, Talisman Sabre is designed to improve U.S. and Australian combat training, readiness and interoperability through realistic, relevant training necessary to maintain regional security, peace and stability. (U.S. N
RM2D4F7YC–A member of U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit weeps during a memorial service for fallen comrades in Iraq. A member of U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit weeps during a memorial service to 31 comrades belonging to Charlie Co, Battalion Landing Team 1/3 who died in a helicopter crash last week, at U.S base Camp Korean village west of Ar Rutbah, Iraq February 2, 2005. Pictures of the month February 2005 REUTERS/Erik de Castro FOR BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE SEE GF2E54C0ZZG01
RM2HRJK79–Philippine Sea. 6th Feb, 2022. Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct combat rubber raiding craft operations from the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) as part of joint exercise Noble Fusion. Noble Fusion demonstrates that Navy and Marine Corps forward-deployed stand-in naval expeditionary forces can rapidly aggregate Marine Expeditionary Unit/Amphibious Ready Group teams at sea, along with a carrier strike group, as well as other joint force elements and allies, in order to conduct sea-denial, seize key maritim
RMW2BEPF–Force Reconnaissance Marines with Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, provide security during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48), underway in the Coral Sea, June 29, 2019. Ashland, part of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 31st MEU, is operating in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force for any type of contingency, while simultaneously providing a flexible and lethal crisis response force ready to perform a wide range of military ope
RME1CR54–U.S. Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit launch a combat rubber raiding craft (CRRC) from the stern gate of
RMHF1867–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 support a potential humanitarian assistance tasking in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Lance Cpl. Ryan Wicks (Released) Defense.gov photo essay 080511-M-0335W-001
RF2BD3C64–A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, performs a vertical landing on the flight deck of the Flagship America-class amphibious assault ship USS America during routine operations April 4, 2020 in the Philippine Sea.
RMW89YP3–Lance Cpl. Doug Hale, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, participates in small-arms weapons training in the hangar bay of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD2) underway in the South China Sea on Feb. 3, 2001. Essex is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is on patrol in the western Pacific Ocean.
RM2AB7BG2–OKINAWA, Japan (Aug. 20, 2012) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 29 transports equipment during an onload of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) to the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) off the coast of White Beach Naval Facility. The ARG embarked the 31st MEU to begin conducting amphibious operations in the western Pacific. The Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group is comprised of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46), the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), the amphibious transport dock USS Denver (LPD 9), the 31st MEU, Amphibious Squadron
RM2HYMYJX–Gotemba, Japan. 15th Mar, 2022. Members of Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force participate during a joint military exercise with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, U.S. Marines at Camp Fuji in Shizuoka-Prefecture, Japan on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
RM2B14P32–U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, ride aboard a Combat Rubber Raiding Craft during an amphibious raid as part of Certification Exercise, White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, April 18, 2018. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Squadron 11 conducted CERTEX as the final evaluation in a series of training exercises which ensured readiness for crisis response throughout the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonah Baase)
RF2GDCHM9–OKINAWA, Japan (Feb. 14, 2021) Hospital Corpsmen Dillon Bothell, left and Devin Declercq prepare COVID-19 vaccination shots aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18). New Orleans, part of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kelby Sanders)
RF2GH1X58–PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 11, 2020) Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) debark amphibiou
RM2M5DFED–PHILIPPINE SEA (March. 4, 2022) MV-22B Osprey aircraft from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) prepare to take off from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st MEU, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
RM2E75PA8–A flood victim eats biscuits while waiting for the distribution of relief supplies from U.S. Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in flood-hit town of Rosales, Pangasinan in the northern Philippines October 11, 2009. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES ENVIRONMENT DISASTER)
RM2HRN0YN–Februaryy 6, 2022 - Philippine Sea - Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct combat rubber raiding craft operations from the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) as part of joint exercise Noble Fusion. Noble Fusion demonstrates that Navy and Marine Corps forward-deployed stand-in naval expeditionary forces can rapidly aggregate Marine Expeditionary Unit/Amphibious Ready Group teams at sea, along with a carrier strike group, as well as other joint force elements and allies, in order to conduct sea-denial, seize key mariti
RME907PP–U.S. Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit load fuel for combat rubber raiding craft in the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) during Amphibious Landing Exercise (PHIBLEX) 15 in Manila Bay, Philippines,
RMHFB4F6–U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct weapons and reload training with their M16A4 rifles aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) under way in the western Pacific Ocean March 10, 2011. Germantown is assigned to the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and is deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Geronimo C. Aquino, U.S. Navy/Released) 110310-N-6692A-072 (5518086122)
RF2BD3C59–A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter, assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, performs a vertical landing on the flight deck of the Flagship America-class amphibious assault ship USS America during routine operations April 4, 2020 in the Philippine Sea.
RMP3B4HT–U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) rush to prepare an M777 105 mm lightweight howitzer for lift by an MH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter July 19, 2009, during exercise Talisman Sabre 2009 in Shoalwater Bay, Australia. Talisman Sabre is a biennial joint military exercise between the United States and Australia focusing on operational and tactical interoperability. (DoD
RM2BEYBY4–OKINAWA, Japan (Aug. 20, 2012) Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) 29 transports equipment during an onload of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) to the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) off the coast of White Beach Naval Facility. The ARG embarked the 31st MEU to begin conducting amphibious operations in the western Pacific. The Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group is comprised of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46), the amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), the amphibious transport dock USS Denver (LPD 9), the 31st MEU, Amphibious Squadron
RM2HYMYK6–Gotemba, Japan. 15th Mar, 2022. Members of Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force participate during a joint military exercise with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, U.S. Marines at Camp Fuji in Shizuoka-Prefecture, Japan on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
RM2B14PMF–U.S. Marines with Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, exit an SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter during Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure training during Certification Exercise aboard the USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4), while underway in the Pacific Ocean April 20, 2018. The 31st MEU and Amphibious Squadron 11 conducted CERTEX as the final evaluation in a series of training exercises which ensured readiness for crisis response throughout the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Amy Phan)
RF2GDCMDG–U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), advance during a force on force exercise at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March 4, 2021. The Marines from both platoons in Echo Battery competed against each other to enhance their capabilities as provisional infantry. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cody
RF2GH20M9–190722-N-DX072-1143 BOWEN, Australia (July 22, 2019) Assault amphibious vehicles (AAV), assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) depart t
RM2M5DFF7–PHILIPPINE SEA (March. 4, 2022) Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) signal that chocks and chains were removed from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 on the ship’s flight deck. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
RM2D44TNN–A member of U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit weeps during a memorial service for fallen comrades in Iraq. A member of U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit weeps during a memorial service to 31 comrades belonging to Charlie Co, Battalion Landing Team 1/3 who died in a helicopter crash last week, at U.S base Camp Korean village west of Ar Rutbah, Iraq February 2, 2005. Pictures of the month February 2005 REUTERS/Erik de Castro BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE
RMCEH1G5–U.S. Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) eat insects during a jungle survival training class at Recon Camp, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 3, 2012. The class was part of the multi-lateral training exercise Cobra Gold 2012. Cobra Gold 2012 demonstrates the resolve of the U.S. and participating nations to increase interoperability & promote security and peace throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The 31st MEU is the U.S.'s expeditionary force in readiness in the region.
RMMDX067–Gunnery Sgt. Don Mendiola, the spectrum manager with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to fire an M9 service pistol during the Far East Annual Marksmanship Competition at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 8, 2017. The competition helps improve the marksmanship, proficiency and combat readiness of the participants and is the first step toward the Marine Corps Championship in Quantico, Virginia. Competitors from the Far East, Pacific, East and West come together for the championship to learn more about marksmanship and the chance to be recruited to the Marine Corps Shooting Team. As t
RME7DP2F–US Marine Corps Col. Romin Dasmalchi, commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, addresses Marines at an all hands call aboard the Navy amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu on its final regularly scheduled Western Pacific deployment before decommissioning next year September 2, 2014 in Okinawa, Japan.
RMP3C3FD–U.S. Marines disembark the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) during a mechanized raid training exercise in the Pacific Ocean Nov. 8, 2009. The Marines are with Foxtrot Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). Harpers Ferry is part of the USS Denver (LPD 9) Amphibious Task Group, which is conducting their fall patrol in the western Pacific Ocean with the 31st MEU. (DoD
RM2HYN08T–Gotemba, Japan. 15th Mar, 2022. Members of Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force participate during a joint military exercise with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, U.S. Marines at Camp Fuji in Shizuoka-Prefecture, Japan on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
RM2B14P1W–An MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft takes off after dropping off Marines with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, during an embassy reinforcement exercise a part of Certification Exercise at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, Aug. 11, 2017. BLT 3/5 is the Ground Combat Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The 31st MEU and Amphibious Squadron 11 are conducting Certification Exercise, the final evaluation in a series of training exercises which ensure readiness for crisis response throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The 31st MEU part
RF2GDCMBN–PHILIPPINE SEA ( Feb. 24, 2021) U.S. Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Navy Sailors navigate a combat rubber raiding craft after launching from the dock landing ship USS Ashland a combat rubber raiding craft during an onload exercise aboard dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 24, 2021. The 31st MEU is operating aboard the ships of the Amphibious Squadron 11 in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region. (U.S.
RF2GH1RDC–U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) prepare to attach a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Heavy Guns Carr
RM2M5DFF5–PHILIPPINE SEA (March. 4, 2022) Airman Tomas Schneider, from Mountain View, Calif., assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), secures a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to the ship’s flight deck. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st MEU, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
RM2D4JPTJ–U.S Marines from 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit play volleyball in their camp near the restive town of Falluja, 50 kms west of Baghdad December 10, 2004. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov SZH/WS
RMDB1WWP–Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) load equipment onto a landing craft air cushion (LCAC) prior to con
RMMM8NCP–A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M16A4 service rifle downrange at Andersen South Air Force Base, Guam, Sept. 1, 2017. Marines with CLB-31 conducted a multiple weapons systems range in order to maintain their marksmanship skills. CLB-31, the Logistics Combat Element of the 31st MEU, provides logistics support to all elements of the MEU. The 31st MEU partners with the Navy's Amphibious Squadron 11 to form the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, providing a cohesive blue-green team capable of accomplishing a variety of missions across
RMEJ5R4H–US Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit launch Combat Rubber Raiding Craft from the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay March 11, 2015 in the East China Sea.
RMP3B4CJ–AT SEA (July 7, 2009) Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit direct an amphibious assault vehicle to the welldeck of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock USS Denver (LPD 9) during a Talisman Saber 2009 (TS09) training exercise July 7, 2009. TS09 is a biennial combined training activity designed to train Australian and U.S. forces in planning and conducting combined task force operations, which will help improve ADF/US combat readiness and inter-operability.
RM2HYMYK7–Gotemba, Japan. 15th Mar, 2022. Members of Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force participate during a joint military exercise with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, U.S. Marines at Camp Fuji in Shizuoka-Prefecture, Japan on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
RM2B14NFK–U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced) use fuel from an MV-22B Osprey to refuel an AH-1Z Viper helicopter during Exercise Talisman Saber 2017 in Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 17, 2017. VMM-265 (Rein.) is a part of the Aviation Combat Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. Talisman Saber is a biennial exercise designed to improve the interoperability between Australian and U.S. forces. The 31st MEU is taking part in Talisman Saber while deployed on its regularly-scheduled patrol of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine
RF2D4R493–200113-N-RU810-1140EAST CHINA SEA (Jan. 13, 2020) The amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), right, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force amphibious transport dock ship JS Kunisaki (LST 4003) operate together in the East China Sea. The America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit team is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Vincent E. Zline/Rele
RF2GH1WPC–U.S. Marine Machine Gunner with India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines (BLT 3/5), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), sca
RM2M5DFEY–PHILIPPINE SEA (March. 4, 2022) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (handling) Airman Daunte Babino, from Houston, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), directs an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to take off from the ship’s flight deck. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st MEU, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region
RM2D4J8PF–U.S Marines from 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit play volleyball in their camp near the restive town of Falluja, 50 kms west of Baghdad December 10, 2004. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov REUTERS SZH/WS
RMDDPMDR–Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) watch as an MH-60S Sea Hawk approaches the flight deck of forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Bonhomme Richard is the flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibio
RMMD6AJ7–Col. Tye Wallace (left), the commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Lt. Col. Daniel Micklis (center), the commanding officer of Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, and Sgt. Maj. Jim Lanham (right), the sergeant major of the 31st MEU, observe operations on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, March 27, 2018, during Amphibious Integration Training. Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, conducted a helo-borne raid as part of AIT. The 31st MEU and Amphibious Squadron 11 conduct AIT in preparation for Certification Exercise and to ensure readines
RMEJ5R4W–US Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit prepare to board MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard March 19, 2015 in the East China Sea.
RMP3B5E8–U.S. Marines return to the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) while under way in the Pacific Ocean Sept. 29, 2009. The Marines, who are assigned to Foxtrot Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, are embarked on Harpers Ferry is part of the USS Denver (LPD 9) Amphibious Task Group to conduct amphibious integration training off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, prior to a fall patrol. (DoD
RM2HYN08B–Gotemba, Japan. 15th Mar, 2022. Members of Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force participate during a joint military exercise with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, U.S. Marines at Camp Fuji in Shizuoka-Prefecture, Japan on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
RM2B14PRJ–A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion hovers over a landing zone with a cement block during an external lift drill with Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 31 at Kin Blue Training Area, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 19, 2017. CLB-31, the Logistics Combat Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides logistic support to all elements of the MEU. As the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed unit, the 31st MEU air-ground-logistics team provides a flexible force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations, from limited combat to humanitarian assistance op
RF2ARKYNB–200113-N-RU810-1140EAST CHINA SEA (Jan. 13, 2020) The amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), right, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force amphibious transport dock ship JS Kunisaki (LST 4003) operate together in the East China Sea. The America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit team is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Vincent E. Zline/Rele
RF2GH1X5B–CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan (March 27, 2020) Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepare to establish a forward arming and refuelin
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RM2MA32XW–060512-N-4124C-054. [Complete] Scene Caption: Onboard the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) Austin Class Amphibious Transport Dock, USS JUNEAU (LPD 10), USN Captain (CAPT) John D. Alexander (foreground), the Ships Commanding Officer (CO), fires a 5.56 mm M4A1 Carbine, during a crew-served gun shoot conducted with US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). The JUNEAU and USMC Marines and USN Sailors assigned to the Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group, are currently underway in the South China Sea, en route to participate in Exercise COBRA GOLD 2006.
RM2D484KY–U.S Marines from 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit smoke in front of a tent decorated for Christmas in their camp near restive town of Falluja, 50 kms west of Baghdad December 10, 2004. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov SZH/AA
RMDDPMDA–Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fast-rope from an MH-60S Sea Hawk to the flight deck of forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during a training exercise. Bonhomme Richard is the flagship of the
RMMPD89X–Marines with Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire weapons with Guam Police Department officers and SWAT team members at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 7, 2017. The MRF Marines trained with the police officers and SWAT team members as a gesture of good will between the two forces. As the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed unit, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's air-ground-logistics team provides a flexible force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations, from limited combat to humanitarian assistance operations, throughout the Indo-Asia-Pac
RM2K10PY1–Philippine Sea, International Waters. 17 August, 2022. A U.S. Navy SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter kicks up dust and debris as a Marine Corps scout sniper with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, sites a target from inside the chopper during a visit board search and seizure exercise aboard Expeditionary Mobile Base USS Miguel Keith, August 17, 2022 in the Philippine Sea. Credit: LCpl. Christopher England/U.S. Marine Corps/Alamy Live News
RMP3B04B–CHINA SEA (May 10, 2008) Marine Sgt. Carlos Cruz, assigned to 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49), helps off-load stores during an replenishment at sea with the Military Sealift Command underway replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193). Harpers Ferry ispart of the Essex Expeditionary Strike Group, which is steaming to support a potential humanitarian assistance/disaster relief tasking in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. U.S. Navy
RM2HYMYJB–Gotemba, Japan. 15th Mar, 2022. Member of Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force participates during a joint military exercise with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, U.S. Marines at Camp Fuji in Shizuoka-Prefecture, Japan on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
RM2B14R5X–U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Deon Sanders, from New York, signals to an SA-330 Puma helicopter as it transports cargo to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) during a vertical replenishment with the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4) in the Pacific Ocean, June 25, 2019. Green Bay, part of the of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, with embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force for an
RF2GH1X59–PHILIPPINE SEA (FEB. 25, 2021) Marines and Sailors with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), participate in a moving dr
![060402-N-4124C-015. [Complete] Scene Caption: A starboard side view of the US Navy (USN) Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS ESSEX (LHD 2), resting at anchor in the harbor at Pohang, Republic of Korea (ROK). The Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) arrived in Pohang to back load personnel and equipment of the US Marine Corps (USMC) 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) after the completion of Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration and FOAL EAGLE 2006. Ships and Units assigned to Commander, Task Force 76 (CTF-76), and elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2MA8M51/060402-n-4124c-015-complete-scene-caption-a-starboard-side-view-of-the-us-navy-usn-wasp-class-amphibious-assault-ship-uss-essex-lhd-2-resting-at-anchor-in-the-harbor-at-pohang-republic-of-korea-rok-the-forward-deployed-amphibious-ready-group-arg-arrived-in-pohang-to-back-load-personnel-and-equipment-of-the-us-marine-corps-usmc-31st-marine-expeditionary-unit-meu-after-the-completion-of-reception-staging-onward-movement-and-integration-and-foal-eagle-2006-ships-and-units-assigned-to-commander-task-force-76-ctf-76-and-elements-of-the-31st-marine-expeditionary-unit-meu-2MA8M51.jpg "060402-N-4124C-015. [Complete] Scene Caption: A starboard side view of the US Navy (USN) Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS ESSEX (LHD 2), resting at anchor in the harbor at Pohang, Republic of Korea (ROK). The Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) arrived in Pohang to back load personnel and equipment of the US Marine Corps (USMC) 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) after the completion of Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration and FOAL EAGLE 2006. Ships and Units assigned to Commander, Task Force 76 (CTF-76), and elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Stock Photo")
RM2MA8M51–060402-N-4124C-015. [Complete] Scene Caption: A starboard side view of the US Navy (USN) Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship, USS ESSEX (LHD 2), resting at anchor in the harbor at Pohang, Republic of Korea (ROK). The Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) arrived in Pohang to back load personnel and equipment of the US Marine Corps (USMC) 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) after the completion of Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration and FOAL EAGLE 2006. Ships and Units assigned to Commander, Task Force 76 (CTF-76), and elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)
RM2D47669–U.S Marines from 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit stand in front of a tent decorated for Christmas in their camp near restive town of Falluja, 50 kms west of Baghdad December 10, 2004. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov SZH/AA
RMDDPMD8–Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fast-rope from an MH-60S Sea Hawk to the flight deck of forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during a training exercise. Bonhomme Richard is the flagship of the
RMMD6AJ8–Sgt. Maj. Jim Lanham (right), the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Sergeant Major, talks with Marines from Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, on Ie Shima Island, Japan, March 26, 2018 during Amphibious Integration Training. Alpha Company conducted a helo-borne raid as part of AIT. BLT 1/1 is the Ground Combat Element for the 31st MEU. The 31st MEU and Amphibious Squadron 11 conduct AIT in preparation for Certification Exercise and to ensure readiness for crisis response throughout the indo-pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bernadette Wildes/Released)
RM2HJXNNC–Philippine Sea, United States. 29 January, 2022. A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is signaled for launch off the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS America during routine patrol January 29, 2022 in the Philippine Sea. Credit: MC3 Theodore C. Lee/Planetpix/Alamy Live News
RMP3AYBT–Kingdom of Cambodia (Nov. 28, 2007) Seventy-five members of the Royal Cambodian military, including infantry cadets form the Royal Cambodian war college, visit the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) to learn basic damage control and tour the ship. Essex and the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived in Sihanoukville, Kingdom of Cambodia, Nov 26, for a scheduled port visit that gives Sailors and Marines the opportunity to participate in friendship-building community relations events, medical and dental projects and professional exchanges. Essex is the lead ship of the only forw
RM2HYMYJH–Gotemba, Japan. 15th Mar, 2022. Members of Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force participate during a joint military exercise with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, U.S. Marines at Camp Fuji in Shizuoka-Prefecture, Japan on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
RM2B14GMD–Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, patrol during a simulated helicopter raid as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s MEU Exercise at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, June 25, 2018. MEUEX is the first in a series of pre-deployment training events that prepare the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit to deploy at a moment’s notice. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kealii De Los Santos)
RF2GH1W00–PHILIPPINE SEA (June 2, 2021) An MV-22B Osprey from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) takes off from the flight deck of the forward-deployed am
RM2M5A4G9–PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 14, 2022) Sergeant Brennon DeMeritt, from Watkins Glen, N.Y., assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conducts weapons maintenance in the troop marshalling area of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America, lead ship of America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st MEU, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
RM2D4A62B–Members of U.S. Marines embrace each other during a memorial service to 31 comrades belonging to Charlie Co at U.S base Camp Korean village. Members of U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit embrace each other during a memorial service to 31 comrades belonging to Charlie Co, Battalion Landing Team who died in a helicopter crash last week, at U.S base Camp Korean village west of Ar Rutbah, Iraq February 2, 2005. REUTERS/Erik de Castro