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Archive: April, 2008

31st MEU Marines, Australian Soldiers work to shelter education

Though food, cloths and shelter are known as the three essentials, education is a top priority. Killing two birds with one stone is always better, so when building a school and replacing the roof on another provides the shelter needed to harbor long lasting education, there are few operations more important. At the request of the government of

31st MEU takes medical and dental capabilities to old lands, new faces

High above the hills of Timor-Leste’s tropical jungles sits a small village whose inhabitants live modestly and whose children play freely with dozens of other children living among this rural community. Some of the villagers are sick and many suffer from severe tooth decay, but their spirits are high despite what many outsiders may think of as an

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrives in Timor-Leste to spread goodwill

More than 100 Marines and sailors from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit arrived in Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor) between April 12-14, to participate in a ten-day multiple site medical, dental and engineering civic assistance project and community relations event throughout the country.The multiple site projects, which is scheduled for April

31st MEU and Australian service members conduct realistic bi-lateral exchange training

Through remote villages along a lush tropical countryside, Australian soldiers in military Land Rovers weave along endless winding roads to a small Timorese town whose streets must be visited on foot.Accompanying the Australian forces is a squad of Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (31st MEU) Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion,