Video by Pfc. Skilah Sanchez | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 02.12.2025
U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct parachute operations for a reconnaissance and surveillance exercise at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 12, 2025. The Marines participated in day and night parachute operations to sustain their aerial insertion skills and enhance their low visibility capabilities. The......
Video by Cpl. Angel Diaz Montes De Oca | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.12.2024
U.S. Marine with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct parachute operations exercise in South Korea, Sept. 9-12, 2024. The purpose of the training was to maintain and improve the Marine’s aerial insertion skills. 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......
Video by Cpl. Angel Diaz Montes De Oca | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.24.2024
U.S. Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Republic of Korea Marines conduct a bilateral helicopter rope suspension technique training during exercise Ssang Yong 24 on Pohang, Republic of Korea, Aug. 24, 2024. The exercise sustained the Marine’s HRST proficiency and allowed for them to share techniques with each other. Exercise SY24 strengthens the......
Video by Cpl. Angel Diaz Montes De Oca | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.22.2024
U.S. Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Republic of Korea Marines conduct close quarter tactics training during exercise Ssang Yong 24, on Pohang, South Korea, Aug. 22, 2024. The purpose of the training was for the U.S. and ROK Marines to sharpen their proficiency on room and hallway clearing. Exercise SY24 strengthens the Republic of Korea-U.S. Alliance......
Video by Cpl. Angel Diaz Montes De Oca | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 08.12.2024
U.S. Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a day and night parachute operations exercise off an MV-22B Osprey over Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 12, 2024. The Marines with the MRF conducted day and night parachute operations to maintain and improve their aerial insertion skills in low visibility. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships......
Video by Cpl. Angel Diaz Montes De Oca | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 07.30.2024
U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a visit, board, search, and seizure training aboard USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5), in the Philippine Sea, on July 30, 2024. VBSS is part of maritime interception operations that aim to delay, disrupt, or destroy enemy forces or supplies in the maritime domain. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready......
Video by Cpl. Angel Diaz Montes De Oca | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 07.11.2024
U.S. Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct special patrol insertion and extraction rigging during a helicopter rope suspension techniques sustainment exercise on Kin Blue Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, July 11, 2024. The exercise sustained the MRF’s HRST proficiency in insert and extract capabilities for the 31st MEU, and included fast rope,......
Video by Cpl. Apollo Wilson | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 06.20.2024
U.S. Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a helocast exercise aboard a CH-53E off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, June 20, 2024. Helocasting is an airborne technique that allows Marines to insert from an aircraft into any body of water with all their gear and a mode of transportation. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed......
