U.S. Marines with Hotel Battery, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, load an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System onto a U.S. Air Force, MC-130J Commando II, assigned to 1st Special Operations Wing, during a loading exercise at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, Aug 27, 2025. Marines conducted this training to maintain the ability to transport a variety of combat ready vehicles via air, land and sea. 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 operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Gerardo Mendez)
