August 30, 2011 — When the mission calls the Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, are ready to respond anytime, anywhere. It is the constant, integrated training conducted by the unit that keeps the 31st MEU in its heightened state of readiness. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron MORE
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August 22, 2011 — A team of force reconnaissance Marines stack up beside the door of a concrete building here, but in their minds this is a hatch along a passageway in a ship at sea. Silent signals move them quickly through the entryway in a fluid search for targets.The Marines of Force Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, practiced room-clearing MORE
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August 21, 2011 — The forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) offloaded Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Aug. 21 at White Beach Naval Facility in Okinawa, Japan. Germantown and the 31st MEU returned to Okinawa after the ship departed Sasebo June 23 to participate in Talisman Sabre 2011 (TS11), a bilateral command MORE
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August 18, 2011 — Three Marines kneel next to each other, waiting for the order to move. When it comes, the Marines spring into action sprinting for the nearest cover. Within seconds the distinctive sound of the M4 carbine fills the air as the three-man team begins methodically dropping targets. Marines and Sailors with the scout sniper platoon, and the personal MORE
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August 11, 2011 — Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265, currently attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducted rapid ground refueling training here Aug. 12. The training was intended to increase the rapid ground refueling skills of the Marines. “Our job is to find a usable space for the aircraft to land on, and use it as a forward MORE
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August 08, 2011 — A four day retreat on Okinawa for some of the residents of tsunami-ravaged Oshima Island ended with the Marine Corps responding to their most prevalent request. “The children all wanted to get in the water, both the beach and pool,” said Robert D. Eldridge, deputy assistant chief of staff, Marine Corps Bases Japan. “It was a little surprising in MORE
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August 08, 2011 — Disaster preparation leaders from communities throughout Okinawa, met at the Ocean Breeze on Marine Corps Base Camp Foster to receive a presentation from a senior assemblyman of Oshima Island, August 8. In March of this year, the communities on Oshima Island, in mainland Japan, were severely damaged by a 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami. MORE
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August 05, 2011 — Marines and Sailors of Company F., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit successfully completed bilateral exercise Raider Dawn with a squad competition as the culminating event of the week-long training with the Australian Defence Forces.The challenging squad competition was an opportunity for the Marines MORE
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August 05, 2011 — Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, in Brisbane for a multi-day port visit, brought smiles to elderly patients and children during a community relations event at the Maynor Children’s Hospital, August 4. During the visit, the 12 Marines got the chance to interact with the patients and describe their roll in exercise Talisman Sabre MORE
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August 05, 2011 — The Marine Corps is world renowned for its amphibious capabilities. Whether it’s conducting amphibious assaults, or humanitarian aid and disaster relief operations, the Marine Corps has earned the reputation as an elite amphibious fighting force. It is because of this reputation, that Australia asked U.S. Marines to help extend their knowledge of MORE
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