Photo Essay: Firing while rocking on USS Denver
March 19, 2014 — Marines and sailors of Company F. and Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, challenged their marksmanship skills by firing multiple weapons from the flight deck here, March 19. Their accuracy was tested with varied ranges and movements during the seven-hour event. Marines MORE
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31st MEU relieves earthquake-stricken village during CERTEX
March 16, 2014 — The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit has an extensive history executing humanitarian missions, but the Marines aren’t likely to rest on their laurels.“As the force in readiness for the Asia-Pacific area of operation, the 31st MEU is exceptionally well prepared to conduct humanitarian missions in our (area of operation),” said LtCol. Troy Roesti, the MORE
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Photo Essay – Riot control during 31st MEU CERTEX
March 15, 2014 — Marines with Battery G., with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, pushed back hostile protesters from the building gates of a simulated embassy during the 31st MEU’s Certification Exercise, March 15.In the CERTEX scenario, the 31st MEU’s Forward Command Element is coordinating humanitarian MORE
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Three years later: 31st MEU remembers Operation Tomodachi
March 11, 2014 — Marines and sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Squadron 11 (PHIBRON) held a moment of silence to commemorate the Japanese citizens who lost their lives during the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami on the flight deck of the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), March 11.On March 11, 2011, an undersea earthquake MORE
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BLT 2/5 Marines conduct airborne raid
March 10, 2014 — Helicopter blades churn under an overcast sky as a CH-53E Super Stallions lands in a grassy field by an airstrip. The back door opens and a platoon of Marines and sailors dash a hundred meters from under the back of the helicopter. After it the helicopter lifts back into the sky, the raiders platoon immediately turns their night vision optics and MORE
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The MEU’s “go-to” guy for data
March 4, 2014 — When it comes to outstanding technicians, Best Buy has the “Geek Squad,” the Apple Store has its “geniuses,” and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit has Josh Fenstermaker. Corporal Fenstermaker is a data technician for the Command Element, 31st MEU, but is currently serving as the data communications chief aboard one of three ships deployed with the MORE
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Example of exemplary leadership
March 3, 2014 — From the moment he stepped in front of the platoon, the Marines knew they could trust him, they knew he had their best interest in mind – he had a “vibe” of leadership. This testimony comes from the Marines serving with Sgt. Walter J. Krueger, currently a squad leader for Company F., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st MORE
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Recon Marines showing the ropes
March 1, 2014 — A Marine glances down from the back of a static MV-22 Osprey with a rope in her hand. Between her and the deck of the hangar bay is 30 feet of air. She looks to the instructor beside her then back down when she gets the signal to go. She steps out with a leap of faith and firmly grips the rope as she descends to the floor.Reconnaissance Marines MORE
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