September 28, 2009 — Approximately 2000 Marines and sailors from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) kicked off their Fall Patrol of the Asia-Pacific Region, Sept. 27.The Denver Amphibious Task Group, comprised of the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver (LPD 9), the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) and the MORE
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September 25, 2009 — Rotors sliced through the air as eight helicopters sped toward Ie Shima with Marines and sailors from Company G (Co. G), Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines (BLT 2/5), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), ready to conduct a raid against mock insurgents, Sept. 16. The training served as the final event of the semi-annual MEU Exercise MORE
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September 22, 2009 — Quietly motoring across the ocean surface under the cover of darkness, 18 Combat Rubber Raiding Crafts (CRRC) carried Marines to a beach to enter a mock insurgent camp and disrupt activity in the area.More than 120 Marines with Company F (Co. F), Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines (BLT 2/5), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), MORE
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September 18, 2009 — One hundred and ninety-eight Marines and sailors from Company E (E Co.), Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines (BLT 2/5), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted one of their first tasks as the MEU’s Ground Combat Element (GCE) at Combat Town, Sept. 11. The company’s mission was to recapture and secure the town after mock enemy MORE
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September 11, 2009 — The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit held several training exercises Aug. 31 to Sept. 4 in preparation for an upcoming MEU Exercise and the fall patrol to the Republic of the Philippines and the Republic of South Korea. Throughout the week, Marines with Deep Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st MEU and the Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion 5th Marines, MORE
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September 05, 2009 — MORE
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September 01, 2009 — The Marines and sailors of Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines (BLT 3/5) and those of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (Reinforced) and Marine Attack Squadron 211 (VMA-211) headed home Aug. 22 – 24 after completing the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Spring Patrol. BLT 3/5 served as the ground combat element MORE
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