February 25, 2012 — Naval ships transport Marines from point ‘A’ to point ‘B’, and that’s about as much as many people know about Marines living on ship. But the grey skin on the outside of these ships obscures a dynamic environment within, as the Navy - Marine Corps team thrives between the bulkheads. Following a successful Exercise Cobra Gold 2012 in the Kingdom of MORE
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February 23, 2012 — For the past two weeks in Thailand they’ve served as rifleman, machine gunners and docs, but entering the Pattaya Orphanage and Pattaya Deaf School they are celebrities. For three hours, orphan and deaf children took a break from their normal routine to spend time talking, laughing, coloring and playing with approximately ten Marines and Sailors MORE
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February 22, 2012 — Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit took time out of their liberty period to help clear brush at a home for the elderly and till the land at an orphanage Feb. 22, after completing the multilateral exercise Cobra Gold 2012. The first volunteer event involved Marines and Sailors of Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th MORE
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February 20, 2012 — Deploying, embedding and ultimately ensuring the safety of the Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is just the start of what former Corporal Edwin A. Ventura does for the 31st MEU. Working as the civilian tactical safety officer, “Ace”, as he is commonly called, works tirelessly to ensure the Marines are mindful of safety at all times. MORE
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February 19, 2012 — Moving all 2,200-members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, thousands of tons of associated equipment, hundreds of military vehicles and dozens of aircraft, during back to back deployments time and again, is a daunting task. This task falls on the shoulders of the MEU logistics chief, Gunnery Sgt. David Vanderwest, one of the individuals MORE
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February 19, 2012 — Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit successfully completed Exercise Cobra Gold 2012 and retrograded onto the USS Tortuga and USS Germantown, Feb. 19. During the exercise, armed forces from Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Korea worked alongside the Marines and Sailors of the 31st MEU during a MORE
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February 16, 2012 — U.S. Marines aggressively attacked the Royal Thai Marine defenses again and again, but to no avail. On this battlefield, they were outmatched and would not find victory.A team of U.S. Marines from Company B, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, squared off against their Royal Thai Marine counterparts in MORE
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February 16, 2012 — U.S. Marines with the Amphibious Reconnaissance Platoon, a part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, trained alongside the Royal Thai Marine Corps and the Republic of Korea Navy SEALs during scout sniper training at Recon Camp, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 16. The training was part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2012, an annual multinational exercise MORE
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February 16, 2012 — Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit integrated with elements of the Royal Thai Marine Corps to instruct and execute military operations in urban terrain as part of Cobra Gold 2012 here, Feb. 16.Marines with Company B., Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st MEU, educated their foreign military counterparts on U.S. MORE
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February 15, 2012 — After moving into position to begin the assault, U.S. and Thai Marines alongside U.S. and Royal Thai soldiers waited anxiously for the order to begin the assault.The Marines of Company A., Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, participated in a bilateral combined arms live fire exercise here, Feb. 15. MORE
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