RMM4XB1N–A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (BLT 2/6), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), awaits his turn for short-range shooting drills aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), Feb. 16, 2018. The 26th MEU is participating in a deployment at sea to conduct maritime and peacekeeping operations as well as maintain relations with foreign militaries through joint exercises. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tojyea G. Matally)
RMHF3NPK–Marines with 3rd Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a beach assault during a training exercise Dec. 8, 2015 in the 5th Fleet area of operations. The 26th MEU is embarked with the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and is deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Bobby J. Yarbrough/Released) Mechanized Assault 151208-M-DE426-008
RMCEMTXA–A Marine with Company B, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides security during an amphibious assault here, Feb. 10. The assault was a multilateral exercise that included Royal Thai, Republic of Korea and U.S. Marines, and was conducted during Exercise Cobra Gold 2012. CG 2012 demonstrates the resolve of the U.S. and participating nations to increase interoperability and promote security and peace throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The 31st MEU is the U.S.’s expeditionary force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.
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.
RMHGM0J8–US MARINES IN TRAINING. Cpl. Daniel Mallory, squad leader with 1st platoon, Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, secures the rear of an amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) as Lance Cpl. Daniel Pursley, team leader, leads his team towards their objective point during a mechanized assault as part of a live fire range in Djibouti, Africa 29 March 2010. Photo: US Marines
RMPCGDAD–Aboard USS Tarawa (LHA 1), hospital corpsman Beau Surratt, attached to Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fills plastic packets with iron tablets for the people of Bangladesh. (Iron is taken to prevent anemia, the inability of blood to properly clot, caused by malnutrition). Amphibious assault ship Tarawa and embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are conducting humanitarian assistance/disaster relief efforts in response to the government of Bangladesh's request for assistance after Tropical Cyclone Sidr struck their southern coast Nov. 15. The
RFJF386F–050124-M-8479B-004 U.S. Marines fire the main gun of their M1A1 Abrams tank in the western desert of the Najaf Province of Iraq during a training exercise on Jan. 24, 2005. The Marines, assigned to Tank Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable train monthly to maintain proficiency. DoD photo by Gunnery Sgt. Robert K. Blankenship, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)
RME554M5–Manila, Philippines. 21st July, 2014. Members of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 5 (MBLT5) salute during arrival ceremony inside the Philippine Navy Headquarters in Manila, the Philippines, July 21, 2014. More than 200 members of the MBLT5 arrived in Manila after serving almost 10 years in Northern Philippines. Credit: Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RM2B14F39–U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire the M777 howitzer on San Clemente Island, California, March 28, 2018. The Essex Amphibious Ready Group and 13th MEU fully integrated for the first time before their summer deployment. Amphibious Squadron, MEU integration training is a crucial pre-deployment exercise that allows the Navy-Marine Corps team to rapidly plan and execute complex operations from naval shipping. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Austin Mealy)
RMEBBPE7–Artillerymen with Fox 2/12 Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to fire an M777 A2
RM2D2X8HY–U.S Marines of Battalion Landing Team 2/7 Fox Company take part in the annual U.S.-Philippines war exercises at a marine base in Ternate, Cavite March 9, 2010. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)
RM2JFYB3C–Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. 17th June, 2022. A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, camouflages in the jungle for an ambush during a Persistence Exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 15, 2022. BLT 2/5 practiced signature management by camouflaging, information collection, and movement in the harsh environment of the jungle. 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 premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific reg
RMW0MR0C–Marines and sailors with Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, participated in a Tuefel Hunden, or Devil Dog, challenge August 12, 2016, on Camp Lejeune N. C. Companies competed against each other in sprint relays, pugil stick fighting, a pull-up and push-up competition, ground fighting and a high-intensity tactical training course. The field meet was organized to build camaraderie among the Marines and sailors. BLT 3/6 is a part of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Photo by Matthew Callahan/U.S. Marine Corps/UPI
RM2M7XKE0–An aerial view of the Battalion Landing Team headquarters used by Marines participating in a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)
RMRTEFYC–Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, discharge from the Marine Maritime Prepositioning Force ship, the U.S.N.S. Pililaau (TAKR-304), Feb 10, 2019, in Thaliand. The amphibious assault vehicles dischareged as part of Cobra Gold 19 in support of Combat Logistics Regiment 3. ( U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jamin M. Powell)
RMHF3AD9–A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, establishes security aboard Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, May 17, 2015. The Marines with the 15th MEU continue to maintain combat readiness during their seven-month deployment through the Pacific and Central Command areas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elize McKelvey/Released) 15th MEU Marines Provide Security 150517-M-JT438-016
RMDDRF26–Marines with Weapons Co., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marines Expeditionary Unit, fire the Expeditio
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
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
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
RME554KR–Manila, Philippines. 21st July, 2014. Members of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 5 (MBLT5) stand at attention during arrival ceremony inside the Philippine Navy Headquarters in Manila, the Philippines, July 21, 2014. More than 200 members of the MBLT5 arrived in Manila after serving almost 10 years in Northern Philippines. Credit: Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/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)
RMEBBRBC–PERSIAN GULF (April 1, 2007) - U.S. Marines from Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
RM2E7FXR6–U.S Marines of Battalion Landing Team 2/7 Fox Company and Filipino soldiers launch mock boat raids during the annual U.S.-Philippines war exercises at a marine base in Ternate, Cavite March 9, 2010. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)
RM2H82PJC–Okinawa, Japan. 13th Oct, 2021. U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jose Benavidesrios Jr., intelligence specialist, with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), scopes into an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during Exercise Dark Horse at the Jungle Warfare Training Center in Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 13, 2021. Exercise Dark Horse was a battalion wide field exercise that incorporated Expeditionary Advanced Base Operation concepts. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range o
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
RMW0MFP2–Tank crewmen with Company G, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, deployed with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit have their tank positioned in an open area in Bubiyan Island, Kuwait on November 21, 2009. UPI/Jeffrey Belovarac/U.S. Marine Corps
RM2M7XKDD–An aerial view of the Battalion Landing Team headquarters used by Marines participating in a multinational peacekeeping operation. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)
RM2A5G1PJ–U.S. Marines with Alpha Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, bivouac at Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base, Philippines, during exercise KAMANDAG 3, Oct. 16, 2019. KAMANDAG advances military modernization and capability development through subject matter expert exchanges. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Donald Holbert)
RMJYKCK4–Marines with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, board a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), in the Pacific Ocean, 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 partners with PHIBRON 11 to form the amphibious component of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary
RME9TYR5–U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit observe explosives
RMDEG7TW–A US Marine Battalion Landing Team conduct training with a combat rubber reconnaissance craft on the beach August 30, 2013 in Hawaii.
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
RF2K549AE–U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Deakon Thornton, an intelligence specialist with Light Armored Reconnaissance Detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), launches a RQ20B Puma unmanned aerial system, during an objective clearing training in Ravlunda, Sweden, Aug. 31, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 22nd MEU, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Armando Eli
RME554KY–Manila, Philippines. 21st July, 2014. Members of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 5 (MBLT5) march from their naval ship during arrival ceremony inside the Philippine Navy Headquarters in Manila, the Philippines, July 21, 2014. More than 200 members of the MBLT5 arrived in Manila after serving almost 10 years in Northern Philippines. Credit: Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RM2B14R3K–A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), uses a chainsaw to cut a tree blocking a road as part of Hurricane Maria relief efforts in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, Sept. 27, 2017. The 26th MEU is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, and local authorities in Puerto Rico with the combined goal of protecting the lives and safety of those in affected areas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexis C. Schneider)
RM2D1KM71–U.S Marines of Battalion Landing Team 2/7 Fox Company take part in the annual U.S.-Philippines war exercises at a marine base in Ternate, Cavite March 9, 2010. The annual military exercise between the two countries' main focus this year will be on disaster, rescue and relief operations. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)
RM2JH77W1–Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan. 6th July, 2022. U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire an M136E1 AT4-CS confined space light anti-armor weapon during a live fire range on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, July 6, 2022. Infantry Marines train with various weapon systems, including machine guns, grenade launchers, and rockets, making them more flexible on a battlefield. 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 premiere crisis respon
RMW0MPTB–Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in a live fire weapons shoot on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD-1), on July 5, 2016. Photo by Cpl. John A. Hamilton Jr./U.S. Marine Corps/UPI
RM2M81CNG–Debris marks the site of the Marine Battalion Landing Team headquarters and barracks building that was destroyed in a terrorist bomb attack. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)
RMRW0RRE–U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, discharge from the Maritime Prepositioning Force ship, the U.S.N.S. Pililaau (TAKR-304), Feb 10, 2019, in the Kingdom of Thailand. The amphibious assault vehicles discharged as part of Cobra Gold 19 in support of Combat Logistics Regiment 3. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jamin M. Powell)
RMHF2N1Y–U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), perform machine gun drills as part of a patrol base exercise during sustainment training in D'Arta Plage, Djibouti, Nov. 11. The 11th MEU is deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan R. Waldman/Released) 11th MEU Djibouti Sustainment Training, 'We Jump from Perfectly Good Helicopters' 141111-M-QH793-216
RMDDREWN–Marines with Company E., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marines Expeditionary Unit, bound forward durin
RMDEG7W0–A US Marine Battalion Landing Team conduct training with a combat rubber reconnaissance craft on the beach August 30, 2013 in Hawaii.
RMW8A27X–Pfc. Joe Gould, U.S. Marine Corps, looks for aggressor targets during a live fire exercise at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland, Australia, on Oct. 3, 1999, as part of Exercise Crocodile '99. Exercise Crocodile '99 is a combined U.S. and Australian military training exercise. Gould is attached to Battalion Landing Team 15, Bravo Company.
RF2K549AF–U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Deakon Thornton, an intelligence specialist with Light Armored Reconnaissance Detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), launches a RQ20B Puma unmanned aerial system during an objective clearing exercise in Ravlunda, Sweden, Aug. 31, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 22nd MEU, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Armando Eliz
RME554KX–Manila, Philippines. 21st July, 2014. Members of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 5 (MBLT5) march from their naval ship during arrival ceremony inside the Philippine Navy Headquarters in Manila, the Philippines, July 21, 2014. More than 200 members of the MBLT5 arrived in Manila after serving almost 10 years in Northern Philippines. Credit: Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RM2B14P8X–U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mercardo Copeland, an assault amphibian Marine with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), climbs into the driver's seat to start the motor of an assault amphibious vehicle while at sea aboard the Whidbey Island-class amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47), May 2, 2018. The Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 13th MEU integrated to conduct the second major exercise of their pre-deployment training. ARG, MEU Exercise (ARGMEUEX) provides essential and realistic ship-to-shore training, designed to enhance the integration of th
RM2E6P4HE–U.S Marines of Battalion Landing Team 2/7 Fox Company perform a mock assault during the annual U.S.-Philippines war exercises at a marine base in Ternate, Cavite March 9, 2010. The annual military exercise between the two countries' main focus this year will be on disaster, rescue and relief operations. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)
RMW0MCG0–Marines and sailors of Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, move a hose through the water from the White River in Elnore, Indiana on June 9, 2008. Local authorities in Elnora requested the 26th MEU to provide support to reinforce the levees from flooding of the White River. (UPI Photo/Lance Cpl. Patrick M. Johnson-Campbell/USMC)
RM2M81CNN–Debris marks the site of the Marine Battalion Landing Team headquarters and barracks building that was destroyed in a terrorist bomb attack. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)
RMRW0RRG–U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, discharge from the Maritime Prepositioning Force ship, the U.S.N.S. Pililaau (TAKR-304), Feb 10, 2019, in the Kingdom of Thailand. The amphibious assault vehicles discharged as part of Cobra Gold 19 in support of Combat Logistics Regiment 3. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jamin M. Powell)
RMHF2JMR–U.S. Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), disembark from a British landing craft vehicle personnel (LCVP) and rush toward their pre-designated security positions during Exercise Cougar Voyage 15. Cougar Voyage is an exercise aimed to strengthen proficiencies, promote interoperability and increase military-to-military relationships to support long-term regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan/Released) Cougar Voyage 15 amphibious assault 141013-
RMDDRF72–A Marine with Weapons Co., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marines Expeditionary Unit, fires the M777A2
RMEFGDHC–US Marines with Company F, Battalion Landing Team conduct small boat operations with a Combat Rubber Raiding Craft from the well deck of the USS Bonhomme Richard February 2, 2015.
RMW8A2AM–U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Pat Garrett (center) debriefs tank and Amphibious Assault Vehicle drivers gathered around him after a live fire exercise at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area in Queensland, Australia, on Oct. 3, 1999, as part of Exercise Crocodile '99. Exercise Crocodile '99 is a combined U.S. and Australian military training exercise. Garrett is attached to Battalion Landing Team 15.
RME554M7–Manila, Philippines. 21st July, 2014. Members of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 5 (MBLT5) march from their naval ship during arrival ceremony inside the Philippine Navy Headquarters in Manila, the Philippines, July 21, 2014. More than 200 members of the MBLT5 arrived in Manila after serving almost 10 years in Northern Philippines. Credit: Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/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)
RM2D2264R–U.S Marines of Battalion Landing Team 2/7 Fox Company launch mock boat raids during the annual U.S.-Philippines war exercises at a marine base in Ternate, Cavite March 9, 2010. The annual military exercise between the two countries' main focus this year will be on disaster, rescue and relief operations. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)
RMW0M43D–U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Andrew Veal, an infantry officer with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) talks to local residents regarding a damaged road caused by flooding in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, on October 2, 2017. The 26th MEU is supporting Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, in helping those affected by Hurricane Maria to minimize suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort. Photo by Cpl. Juan Soto-Delgado/USMC/UPI
RM2M81CMJ–Debris marks the site of the Marine Battalion Landing Team headquarters and barracks building that was destroyed in a terrorist bomb attack. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)
RMRW0RRF–U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, discharge from the Maritime Prepositioning Force ship, the U.S.N.S. Pililaau (TAKR-304), Feb 10, 2019, in the Kingdom of Thailand. The amphibious assault vehicles discharged as part of Cobra Gold 19 in support of Combat Logistics Regiment 3. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jamin M. Powell)
RMM4269D–U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment prepare for an assault exercise on Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 31, 2018. BLT 3/1 is refining tactics, techniques, and procedures applicable to raid operations in order to enhance their ability to conduct expeditionary operations while deployed. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Danny Gonzalez)
RMDDRFG4–Marines with Company E., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marines Expeditionary Unit, walk back from the
RME3T33Y–US Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, rappel out of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter at sunset during a fast rope and rappel training exercise aboard the USS Bataan June 24, 2014.
RMW89RRM–U.S. Marine Corps assault amphibious vehicles leave the beach of Iwo Jima to return to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) on March 8, 2006. Harpers Ferry, along with the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) and elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, visited Iwo Jima to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the famous battle. The amphibious vehicles are attached to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team.
RME554M1–Manila, Philippines. 21st July, 2014. Members of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 5 (MBLT5) march from their naval ship during arrival ceremony inside the Philippine Navy Headquarters in Manila, the Philippines, July 21, 2014. More than 200 members of the MBLT5 arrived in Manila after serving almost 10 years in Northern Philippines. Credit: Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RM2B14GF2–U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan Perez, a rifleman with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment (BLT 1/4), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts security during platoon attack training at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 28, 2019. Perez, a native of Tampa, Florida, graduated from Riverview High School in May 2015 before enlisting in January 2016. During the training, Marines with Charlie Company refined their ability to locate, close with and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, or repel the enemy’s assault by fire and close combat, the mission o
RM2D2NEAW–Filipino soldiers watch U.S Marines of Battalion Landing Team 2/7 Fox Company taking part in the annual U.S.-Philippines war exercises at a marine base in Ternate, Cavite March 9, 2010. The annual military exercise between the two countries' main focus this year will be on disaster, rescue and relief operations. REUTERS/Erik de Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)
RMW0MR16–U.S. Marines assigned to Company F, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit use combat rubber raiding craft to conduct a launch-and-recovery exercise from the well deck of the USS Green Bay (LPD-20), at sea, on August 29, 2016. The 31st MEU is task-organized to address a wide variety of military operations in the Asia-Pacific region, from force projection and maritime security to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. Photo by Darien J. Bjorndal/U.S. Marine Corps/UPI
RM2M81CPK–An aerial view of the remains of the Marine battalion Landing Team headquarters and barracks at Beirut International Airport. The building was destroyed by a terrorist bomb attack. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)
RM2BR73Y6–U.S. Marines with Alpha Company Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, board an MV-22B Osprey during a helicopter raid course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 12-13, 2020. The training was conducted to enhance participants’ tactics, techniques and procedures applicable to air raid operations for an upcoming deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sarah Stegall)
RMM4269J–A U.S. Marine with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment sights in during an assault exercise on Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 31, 2018. BLT 3/1 is refining tactics, techniques, and procedures applicable to raid operations in order to enhance their ability to conduct expeditionary operations while deployed. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Danny Gonzalez)
RMDDREW5–A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marines Expeditionary Unit, takes cover as an 81mm mortar
RMDA26Y5–A US Marine assigned to Battalion Landing Team fast ropes from a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter during familiarization training on the flight deck of the USS Kearsarge June 30, 2013.
RMW89TWD–U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dustin Crouthamel (right) familiarizes a member of the Kenyan army with his rifle as part of bilateral exercise Edged Mallet '07 in Manda Bay, Kenya, on March 4, 2007. Crouthamel is assigned to Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit is conducting the bilateral exercise including operational training with Kenyan land and naval forces as well as serving the local community at a medical clinic and refurbishing a school.
RME554KT–Manila, Philippines. 21st July, 2014. Members of the Marine Battalion Landing Team 5 (MBLT5) march from their naval ship during arrival ceremony inside the Philippine Navy Headquarters in Manila, the Philippines, July 21, 2014. More than 200 members of the MBLT5 arrived in Manila after serving almost 10 years in Northern Philippines. Credit: Rouelle Umali/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RM2B14H4F–U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Octavious Lee, a driver with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts assembly drills on a light armored vehicle’s M242 Bushmaster chain gun aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) in the Coral Sea, August 2, 2019. Wasp, flagship 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 ready-response force for any type of contingency, while simultaneously providing a flexible and lethal crisis r
RM2D46DFH–U.S. Marine Cpl. Esteban Medina inspects his M-203 rifle while waiting with the rest of Battalion Landing Team 14 to board the USS Bonhomme Richard at Naval Station San Diego enroute to the Arabian Sea on November 30, 2001. U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Friday rejected any negotiated surrender of the besieged Afghan Taliban stronghold of Kandahar in exchange for amnesty for Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar. REUTERS/Fred Greaves FG/ME
RM2M81CN1–An aerial view of the remains of the Marine battalion Landing Team headquarters and barracks at Beirut International Airport. The building was destroyed by a terrorist bomb attack. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)
RMM2MXDE–A U.S. Marine with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment sights in during an assault exercise on Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 31, 2018. BLT 3/1 is refining tactics, techniques, and procedures applicable to raid operations in order to enhance their ability to conduct expeditionary operations while deployed. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Danny Gonzalez)
RMM4269K–U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment provide suppressing fire during an assault exercise on Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 31, 2018. During the two-week raids course, both mechanized and air assault raid forces will conduct simultaneous training to refine their tactics, techniques, and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Danny Gonzalez)
RMDDRFTX–A Marine with Weapons Co., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marines Expeditionary Unit, engages targets w
RMDA26Y1–A US Marine assigned to Battalion Landing Team fast ropes from a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter during familiarization training on the flight deck of the USS Kearsarge June 30, 2013.
RMW89XX2–U.S. Marines disembark the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) during a ship-to-shore combat rubber raid craft offload exercise while underway in the South China Sea on Oct. 14, 2009. The Marines are assigned to Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Harpers Ferry, the amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are participating in Amphibious Landing Exercise 2009, a bilateral exercise between the U.S. and Philippine armed forces designed to improve interope
RM2B14HDC–U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, the 'China Marines,' launch a Combat Rubber Raiding Craft during a simulated boat raid aboard the dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) in the Philippine Sea Jan. 25, 2019. Alpha Company Marines are the small boat raid specialists for BLT 1/4, the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU partnering with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of milit
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
RM2M81CNB–An aerial view of the remains of the Marine battalion Landing Team headquarters and barracks at Beirut International Airport. The building was destroyed by a terrorist bomb attack. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)
RMT5E9BK–190330-M-QS181-0007 CAMP PENDLETON, CALIF. (March 30, 2019) U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), come ashore aboard a landing craft, air cushion, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. The Marines and Sailors of the 11th MEU are conducting routine training as part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Monty)
RMM4269C–U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment prepare to move toward a notional military objective on Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 31, 2018. During the two-week raids course, both mechanized and air assault raid forces will conduct simultaneous training to refine their tactics, techniques, and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Danny Gonzalez)
RMDDRFBM–Marines with Weapons Co., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marines Expeditionary Unit, charge up a hill t
RM2JHC319–Ben Ghilouf, Tunisia. 08th July, 2022. U.S. Marine Sgt. Anthony Ruiz, right, an infantry squad leader assigned to Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, works with Tunisian armed forces during integrated training at Exercise African Lion 2022, July 8, 2022 in Camp Ben Ghilouf, Tunisia. Credit: SSgt. Marcela Diazdeleon/US Marines Photo/Alamy Live News
RMMBCA44–U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (BLT 2/6), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fire their service rifles during a live-fire exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 16, 2018. The well as maintain relations with foreign militaries through joint exercises. (U.S. Marine Corps
RM2B14F7W–U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Alex Gundy, bottom, the 3rd Platoon commander, Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, gives the order to take the last objective to his Marines during a simulated raid during 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Realistic Urban Training at Twenty-Nine Palms, California, March 1, 2018. RUT is a multi-week training exercise designed to prepare deploying units for real world combat and scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. A. J. Van Fredenberg)
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
RM2M81CTX–An aerial view of the remains of the Marine battalion Landing Team headquarters and barracks at Beirut International Airport. The building was destroyed by a terrorist bomb attack. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)
RMM20223–U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), leave the staging area to begin a live-fire platoon attack on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 17, 2018. The platoon attacks were held to improve leadership development, fire and maneuverability skills, and marksmanship for the upcoming deployment of both Marines and Sailors. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tojyea G. Matally)