Story by Nika Nashiro | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 10.24.2019
U.S. Marine Capt. George Tolhurst McArthur, whose grandfathers were both in Okinawa before him, sensed his fate in Okinawa. His paternal grandfather landed in Okinawa as a U.S. soldier during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. A decade later, his maternal grandfather came to Okinawa as a missionary doctor and lived on the island for five years. With these family histories, he decided to collect......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelsey Eades | Commander Task Force 75 | 11.14.2018
TINIAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands- Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, Detachment Guam, assumed responsibility for ongoing relief efforts on Tinian during a relief-in-place and transfer of authority ceremony with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Nov. 14....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class William Sykes | Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 | 03.08.2017
By USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) Public Affairs
Courtesy Story | Amphibious Squadron 11 | 08.20.2015
Marine Cpl. Pateh Tine jumps down from his Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) or more commonly referred to as the 7-Ton truck. The sweat dripping down his face in the 90 degree weather, he looks out at the warehouse where the 31st Expeditionary Marine Unit (MEU) has staged water making equipment gear. He waves over another corporal to assist him. Tine has spent two weeks supporting......
Courtesy Story | USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) | 01.25.2015
Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group embarked Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit to participate in amphibious integration training and a certification exercise....
Courtesy Story | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 05.19.2014
Effective May 20, 2014, Lt. Gen. John Wissler, commanding general, III Marine Expeditionary Force, has accepted the request for early and immediate termination of command of 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) from Col. John E. Merna....
Courtesy Story | USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) | 03.17.2014
Amphibious squadrons have a multitude of facets that, if lacking, would bring down the effectiveness and efficiency of the strike group and possibly cause mission failure. One important facet of an amphibious squadron is the landing craft air cushion team....
Courtesy Story | Amphibious Squadron 11 | 03.11.2014
USS Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit held a remembrance ceremony and paused for a moment of silence on March 11 to honor the victims of the Tōhoku Earthquake and tsunami....
