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31st Marine Expeditionary Unit

The Marine Corps' force in readiness in the Asia Pacific

31st MEU "In the News"

Navy, Marine Corps team serve as America’s 911 force in the Asia-Pacific Region

October 22, 2009 — MORE

Red Patchers, Dragons provide essential assets

October 20, 2009 — A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter hovers 20-feet above the ground, as Marines below link it to a cargo net filled with relief supplies. A signalman from Landing Support Platoon (LS Plt.) gestures to the pilot and the helicopter takes off baring the 14,000-pound load.Landing Support Plt., Combat Logistics Battalion 31 (CLB-31) and Marine Medium MORE

Philippine children, school staff welcome Marines, sailors with open arms

October 15, 2009 — The joyful sounds of cheering children could be heard for miles as Marines and sailors from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit pulled up to their school.The group of Marines and sailors visited Sapang Bato Elementary, Sitio Target Elementary and Air Force City Elementary schools, Oct. 14, during a community relations visit designed to enhance the MORE

Indonesian Villages receive shelter from Dragons

October 14, 2009 — A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter transported 45 shelter supply boxes to the village of Hula Banda, Oct. 11, during humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations to the people of Indonesia.  The “Dragons,” of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 265 Reinforced (HMM-265 REIN), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), transported the boxes that MORE

AFP, US Marines seek out aid answers from Filipinos

October 09, 2009 — The Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. Marines with the III Marine Expeditionary Force have been coordinating aid to relieve the suffering of the Filipino people for over a week in the wake of the destruction  left behind by Typhoon Katsana. The continuation of these combined efforts is being refined to the meet the needs of the people they MORE

RP US Humanitarian Relief Operations

October 08, 2009 — More than 8,000 “family food packs” that included bottled water were dispersed, more than 1200 medical patients were treated and debris removal operations were conducted this week by the combined efforts of the Republic of the Philippines and United States Forces. Areas in and around Manila were affected by flooding when Tropical Storm Katsana made MORE

31st MEU supports humanitarian relief effort in the Republic of the Philippines

October 05, 2009 — MORE