31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
Hometown: Okinawa, , JP
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Featured Video
31st MEU, Philippine Marines Execute a Live-Fire Helicopter Raid
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Philippine Marines of the 3rd Marine Battalion, 33rd Marine Company, are inserted by helicopters from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (Reinforced) to conduct a live-fire raid. Soundbite from 1st Lt. Sam Long. Also available in high definition
Video by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.14.2012
Recent Photos
(372 votes; 2.95)
US, Philippine forces train from 10,000 feet
Marines and Sailors with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, descend to the ground after jumping out of a C-130 Hercules aircraft during...
Photo by Pfc. Caleb Hoover | 31MEU | 10.15.2012
Marines and Sailors with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, descend to the ground after jumping out of a C-130 Hercules aircraft during...
Photo by Pfc. Caleb Hoover | 31MEU | 10.15.2012
31st MEU Marines, Philippine Marines execute helicopter raid
Corporal Christopher W. Johnson, a crew chief for Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-262 (REIN), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and native of Youngstown, Ohio, fires...
Photo by Pfc. Caleb Hoover | 31MEU | 10.14.2012
Corporal Christopher W. Johnson, a crew chief for Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-262 (REIN), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and native of Youngstown, Ohio, fires...
Photo by Pfc. Caleb Hoover | 31MEU | 10.14.2012
Amphibious Landing Exercise 2013
U.S. Marines Pfc. Alvin Pido, Gunner and Pfc. Jeffery Castillo both assigned to Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine...
Photo by Pfc. Caleb Hoover | 31MEU | 10.12.2012
U.S. Marines Pfc. Alvin Pido, Gunner and Pfc. Jeffery Castillo both assigned to Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine...
Photo by Pfc. Caleb Hoover | 31MEU | 10.12.2012
31st MEU Marines go to school with Filipino children
Lance Cpl. Christopher Heatherington, combat engineer with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and a native of Fairbury, Ill., attempts to...
Photo by Cpl. Jonathan Wright | 31MEU | 10.10.2012
Lance Cpl. Christopher Heatherington, combat engineer with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and a native of Fairbury, Ill., attempts to...
Photo by Cpl. Jonathan Wright | 31MEU | 10.10.2012
31st MEU learn jungle survival from Philippine Marines
Sgt. Bimbo Busico, an intelligence analyst with Force Reconnaissance Battalion, demonstrates for Marines and Sailors with Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Codey Underwood | 31MEU | 10.12.2012
Sgt. Bimbo Busico, an intelligence analyst with Force Reconnaissance Battalion, demonstrates for Marines and Sailors with Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Codey Underwood | 31MEU | 10.12.2012
31st MEU takes time to visit school children in Philippines
Marines and Sailors with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit greet local children while visiting an elementary...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Codey Underwood | 31MEU | 10.11.2012
Marines and Sailors with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit greet local children while visiting an elementary...
Photo by Lance Cpl. Codey Underwood | 31MEU | 10.11.2012
Recent Video
(126 votes; 3.04)
31st MEU, Philippine Marines Execute a Live-Fire...
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Philippine Marines of the 3rd Marine...
Video by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.14.2012
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Philippine Marines of the 3rd Marine...
Video by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.14.2012
31st MEU, Philippine Marines Execute a Live-Fire...
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Philippine Marines of the 3rd Marine...
Video by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.14.2012
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Philippine Marines of the 3rd Marine...
Video by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.14.2012
31st MEU Marines Live-Fire New Expeditionary Fire...
Marines with India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, live-fire...
Video by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.10.2012
Marines with India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, live-fire...
Video by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.10.2012
31st MEU Marines Learn Jungle Survival in the Philippines
Marines with India Battery, Company G., Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, learn jungle survival techniques...
Video by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.12.2012
Marines with India Battery, Company G., Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, learn jungle survival techniques...
Video by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.12.2012
31st MEU Marines learn jungle survival in the Philippines
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, learn jungle survival techniques from Philippine...
Video by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.12.2012
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, learn jungle survival techniques from Philippine...
Video by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.12.2012
31st MEU Marines, Philippine forces deliver the boom
Marines with India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire...
Video by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.10.2012
Marines with India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire...
Video by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.10.2012
Recent News Stories
(66 votes; 2.81)
US, Philippine forces train from 10,000 feet
Strapped tight, leaning forward, preparing to step over the edge and descend 10,000 feet to the rolling hills of the Philippines below, the bilateral team lines up at...
Story by Lance Cpl. Codey Underwood | 31MEU | 10.16.2012
Strapped tight, leaning forward, preparing to step over the edge and descend 10,000 feet to the rolling hills of the Philippines below, the bilateral team lines up at...
Story by Lance Cpl. Codey Underwood | 31MEU | 10.16.2012
31st MEU Marines, Philippine Marines execute helicopter raid
First they hear the thumping of the rotors, followed by the deafening thunder of .50 caliber machine gun fire, and by the time they raise their heads to mount a...
Story by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.14.2012
First they hear the thumping of the rotors, followed by the deafening thunder of .50 caliber machine gun fire, and by the time they raise their heads to mount a...
Story by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.14.2012
31st MEU learn jungle survival from Philippine Marines
Deep within the jungle where comfort is a rare luxury, where food, water and shelter is essential, U.S. troops learn practical jungle survival techniques from their...
Story by Lance Cpl. Codey Underwood | 31MEU | 10.12.2012
Deep within the jungle where comfort is a rare luxury, where food, water and shelter is essential, U.S. troops learn practical jungle survival techniques from their...
Story by Lance Cpl. Codey Underwood | 31MEU | 10.12.2012
31st MEU takes time to visit school children in Philippines
After days in the field, conducting training exercises with their Philippine counterparts, the hardened warriors took a day to enjoy the company of children.
Story by Lance Cpl. Codey Underwood | 31MEU | 10.11.2012
After days in the field, conducting training exercises with their Philippine counterparts, the hardened warriors took a day to enjoy the company of children.
Story by Lance Cpl. Codey Underwood | 31MEU | 10.11.2012
US, Philippine forces conduct artillery operations
Protruding through the camouflage netting overhead, the enormous barrels of the artillery weapons launch deadly fire on the command from both Philippine and American...
Story by Lance Cpl. Codey Underwood | 31MEU | 10.10.2012
Protruding through the camouflage netting overhead, the enormous barrels of the artillery weapons launch deadly fire on the command from both Philippine and American...
Story by Lance Cpl. Codey Underwood | 31MEU | 10.10.2012
US, Philippine Marines patrol, construct hide sites
Completely surrounded in thick vegetation, snipers encase themselves within a wall of camouflage, utilizing their natural surroundings to keep from being compromised.
Story by Lance Cpl. Codey Underwood | 31MEU | 10.09.2012
Completely surrounded in thick vegetation, snipers encase themselves within a wall of camouflage, utilizing their natural surroundings to keep from being compromised.
Story by Lance Cpl. Codey Underwood | 31MEU | 10.09.2012
Recent Audio
(41 votes; 2.97)
31st MEU, Philippine Marines execute a live-fire...
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Philippine Marines of the 3rd Marine...
Audio by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.14.2012
Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Philippine Marines of the 3rd Marine...
Audio by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.14.2012
31st MEU Marines live-fire new Expeditionary Fire...
Marines with India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, live-fire...
Courtesy Audio | 31MEU | 10.10.2012
Marines with India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, live-fire...
Courtesy Audio | 31MEU | 10.10.2012
31st MEU Marines, Philippine forces deliver the boom
Marines with India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire...
Audio by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.10.2012
Marines with India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire...
Audio by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.10.2012
31st MEU Docs conduct medical, dental care project
Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conducts one of two scheduled medical/dental civil affairs projects held at local elementary schools in Puerto...
Audio by Cpl. Jonathan Wright | 31MEU | 10.09.2012
Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conducts one of two scheduled medical/dental civil affairs projects held at local elementary schools in Puerto...
Audio by Cpl. Jonathan Wright | 31MEU | 10.09.2012
31st MEU Marines, Philippine Marines share secrets on hiding
Marines and Sailors with the scout sniper platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, share and receive...
Audio by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.09.2012
Marines and Sailors with the scout sniper platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, share and receive...
Audio by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.09.2012
31st MEU Marines, Philippine Marines share secrets on hiding
Marines and Sailors with the scout sniper platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, share and receive...
Audio by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.09.2012
Marines and Sailors with the scout sniper platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, share and receive...
Audio by Sgt. Paul Robbins | 31MEU | 10.09.2012