U.S. Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a simulated raid during a small boat refresher course as part of MEU Exercise near White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 3, 2025. Marines conducted the operation to strengthen small-craft maneuvering skills and boost operational readiness. 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 photo by Cpl. Rebeka Falcon)
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.
