Video by Lance Cpl. Christopher Lape | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.05.2022
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Brye French, the Weapons Co. Commander for Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts a 38-minute workout aboard the Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7), in the Philippine Sea. The workout commemorated the passing of Capt. Matt Brewer, who, unfortunately, took his own life. Capt. French is a native of Millbrook, Alabama. The 31st MEU is......
Video by Spc. Tiffany Banks | 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.18.2021
Soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, “WARHORSE,” zero and qualify on their weapons in order to stay ready and lethal, 18 August. Pfc. Jackson Durrance, an 11B with Company C, explains the new qualification standards after he qualified expert with 37/40....
Video by Cpl. Mark Fike and Cpl. Andrew Smith | 2nd Marine Division | 05.18.2021
U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, participate in their battalion's deactivation ceremony on Camp Lejeune, N.C. May 18, 2021. The battalion served a total of 70 years and is being deactivated in accordance with the 38th Commandant's Planning Guidance and Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Andrew J. Smith and Cpl. Mark Fike)...
Video by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox | 3d Marine Division | 03.11.2021
U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, execute an air assault during Castaway 21.1 from the Central Training Area to Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, March 11, 2021. The exercise demonstrated the Marine Corps’ ability to integrate with the joint force to seize and defend key maritime terrain, provide low-signature sustainment, and execute long-range precision fires in support of naval......
Video by Staff Sgt. David Staten | 3d Marine Division | 03.02.2021
U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, conduct exercise Savage Shield during Exercise Fuji Viper 21-2.2 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Feb. 15-18, 2021. During this exercise, Marines honed tactics, techniques and procedures to support Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations at the platoon and company level. 3/8 is forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th......
Video by Staff Sgt. David Staten | 3d Marine Division | 02.18.2021
U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, conduct joint live fire training during Exercise Fuji Viper 21-2.2 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Feb. 16-18, 2021. During this exercise, Marines honed tactics, techniques and procedures to support Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations at the platoon and company level. 3/8 is forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under......
Video by Cpl. Levi Guerra | 3d Marine Division | 01.15.2021
U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, 3d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, participate in a live-fire and a M4 carbine live-fire range as part of exercise Fuji Viper 21.2 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Jan.15, 2021. During this evolution of Fuji Viper, Marines honed their tactical skills, demonstrating that infantry formations can facilitate joint force multi-domain maneuver in......
Video by Cpl. Levi Guerra | 3d Marine Division | 01.14.2021
U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, 3d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, conduct fixed wing close air support in support of 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment as well as a live 60mm mortar range as part of Fuji Viper 21.2 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Jan. 14, 2021. During this evolution of Fuji Viper, Marines honed their tactical skills, demonstrating that infantry formations......
