U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, execute a mechanized raid on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 05, 2025. The raid was conducted to enhance efficiency and efficacy of ship-to-shore operations utilizing mechanized assets. 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 Cpl. Maksim Masloboev)
CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan – From the birth of the United States Navy on October 13, 1775, and the birth of the U.S. Marine Corps on November 10, 1775, command and control (C2) has been the foundation of power. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group (MIG) continue this heritage by enabling III MEF to fight and win in the Indo-Pacific.
