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Dragons “play with fire” during aircraft firefighting training

By Sgt. Jonathan G. Wright | June 14, 2013

The flames licked the air in front of his face, but he did not back down. From the black maw they shot at him as he did his best to beat them back, yet there seemed no end to the orange daggers. The giant before him engulfed in flames took on the visage of an iron dragon, but that didn’t stop him- because he was a dragon too.Marines with Marine MORE
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Day raid bolsters skills of the 31st MEU’s “Boat Company”

By Sgt. Paul Robbins Jr. | June 08, 2013

Focused on a fluorescent orange flag waving at the center of the beach, coxswains guide their boats over the unfamiliar surface of Okinawan waters. Closing on the beach in a tight formation, more than a dozen boats prepare to unleash the power of a Marine rifle company.   Marines and Sailors with Company F., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, MORE
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Notional enemy supply depot blitzed by 31st MEU’s BLT

By Sgt. Jonathan Wright | June 05, 2013

Marines and Sailors with Company E., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, used simulated ammunition and role players to execute a realistic raid of an enemy supply depot here, June 5. The exercise was part of the 31st MEU’s pre-deployment training package, designed to hone the unit’s skills for their MORE
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Live-fire raid enhances integration of the 31st MEU’s Maritime Raid Force

By Cpl. Codey Underwood | June 04, 2013

Sprinting out of vehicles toward the objective, the reconnaissance Marines sight in on the target building and prepare the detonation charges. With a thunderous explosion, the entry site burst inward and the Marines rush into the hostile compound. Marines and Sailors with the Maritime Raid Force of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducted a MORE
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Training for non-combatant evacuation of a U.S. Embassy

By Cpl. Codey Underwood | June 03, 2013

A U.S. Embassy, distressed over an increase of aggression by a local group of radicals, initiated a request for assistance to the U.S. State Department. This request was quickly transformed into an order and relayed to the Department of Defense: Send in the Marines. This was the training scenario for Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics MORE
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