Story by Cpl. Adam Dublinske | 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 04.27.2018
The concept of war never changes, however the training and planning behind the brains of operations has to change since the instruments, scenarios and tactics of kinetic and non-kinetic warfare vary in every conflict....
Story by Lance Cpl. Jonah Baase | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.19.2017
WHITE BEACH NAVAL FACILITY, Okinawa, Japan – The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Squadron 11, aboard the ships of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, completed their regularly-scheduled deployment of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, and have returned to White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 19, 2017....
Story by Cpl. Amaia Unanue | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.15.2017
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the USS Ashland (LSD 48) pushed back out to sea after unit-level training in Guam as part of a regularly-scheduled deployment across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region....
Story by Lance Cpl. Jonah Baase | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.11.2017
Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and the Navy’s Expeditionary Strike Group 7 crowd the gym aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at all hours of the day and night....
Story by Sgt. Amaia Unanue | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.06.2017
ANDERSEN SOUTH AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (August 31, 2017) – Beads of sweat slide down Marines’ faces, causing them to wipe the black, brown and green camouflage paint, leaving their skin streaked and spotted. They stand in lines, forming squads with rifles slung around their bodies, awaiting a brief for their next training opportunity....
Story by Cpl. Amaia Unanue | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.03.2017
ANDERSEN SOUTH AIR FORCE BASE, Guam — Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the USS Ashland (LSD 48) arrived in Guam to conduct unit-level training throughout the bases and ranges there as part of their regularly-scheduled fall patrol, August 29, 2017....
Story by Staff Sgt. T. T. Parish | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.19.2017
Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed the twice annual Certification Exercise, Aug. 18, 2017, planning and accomplishing a rigorous series of missions at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia....
Story by Cpl. Amaia Unanue | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.18.2017
The Marines of India Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, took the lead during the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s 17.2 Certification Exercise, Aug. 16-18, 2017, when they splashed from the well deck of the USS Ashland (LSD 48) in Assault Amphibious Vehicles during a notional raid, paving the way for Combat Logistics Battalion 31 and Navy landing craft to come ashore....
