Video by Lance Cpl. Elijah Murphy | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 07.02.2023
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in an airfield assault at the Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area, July 2-6, 2023. BLT 2/1 was tasked with capturing an airfield in support of the Air Combat Element’s forward arming and refueling point. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area......
Video by Lance Cpl. Elijah Murphy | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 07.02.2023
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in an airfield assault at the Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area, July 2-6, 2023. BLT 2/1 was tasked with capturing an airfield in support of the Air Combat Element’s forward arming and refueling point. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area......
Video by Cpl. Christopher Lape | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 06.16.2023
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, execute live-fire drills aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6), in the Pacific Ocean, June 16, 2023. The live-fire drills provided BLT 2/1 Marines the repetitions necessary to maintain their lethality while aboard the USS America. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the America Amphibious Ready......
Video by Lance Cpl. Elijah Murphy | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 05.26.2023
U.S. Marines assigned to the 31 st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Battalion Landing Team 2/1, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Rein.), and Combat Logistics Battalion 31, conducted trainings to certify all the elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force capabilities for future operations. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and......
Video by Lance Cpl. Bridgette Rodriguez | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 05.03.2023
U.S. Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, take part in visit, board, search, and seizure night tactics training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 3-5, 2023. The VBSS training was conducted to teach BLT 2/1 Marines insertion methods and close quarter tactics for boarding and securing maritime vessels. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously......
Video by Lance Cpl. Kevan Dunlop | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 02.29.2020
Service members with the Royal Thai Armed Forces and Japan Self-Defense Force, and U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct a simulated noncombatant evacuation operation as part of exercise Cobra Gold 2020, Utapao, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 29, 2020. Exercise Cobra Gold 20 is the largest theater security cooperation exercise in the Indo-Pacific region and is an......
Video by Lance Cpl. Kevan Dunlop | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 02.26.2020
Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, set up a direct air support center in a record-setting 52 minutes during Exercise Cobra Gold 2020 at Camp Phra Maha Jetsadaratchao, Chon Buri, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 26, 2020. Exercise Cobra Gold 20 is the largest theater security cooperation exercise in the Indo-Pacific region and is an integral part of the......
Video by Lance Cpl. Kevan Dunlop | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 12.12.2019
Marines with Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel platoon, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a simulated TRAP mission at Combat Town, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 12, 2019. The MEU is currently preparing for deployment through MEU Exercise, a two-week evolution that prepares the Marine Air-Ground Task Force for amphibious operations from......
