31st Marine Expeditionary Unit

Ready - Partnered - Lethal

Okinawa, Japan

TRAP is the capability to conduct overland rescue and recovery of downed aircraft personnel, equipment, and to provide advanced trauma life support in a benign or hostile environment.

BLT 2/4, 31st MEU conducts simulated TRAP mission

PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 9, 2020) A Marine with the Amphibious Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), climbs down a caving ladder to board a rigid-hull inflatable boat from the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) to conduct a reconnaissance and surveillance training mission in preparation for a boat raid.

ARP, 31st MEU conducts reconnaissance training mission

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sep. 6, 2020) An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), flies past amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) during a communication exercise.

31st MEU tests air to ground communications aboard USS America

PHIILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 11, 2020) Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) debark USS New Orleans (LPD 18) during a boat raid exercise.

High tide: Fox Co, 31st MEU debark USS New Orleans on boat raid

Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit transport simulated casualties during a mass casualty drill, or Nightingale, aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 10, 2020.

31st MEU rehearses mass casualty drill

An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced) prepares to take off from amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 25, 2020.

VMM-262 (REIN) flight ops aboard USS America

SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 6, 2020) Reconnaissance Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conduct a visit, board, search and seizure rehearsal.

31st MEU Reconnaissance Marines conduct VBSS in South China Sea

PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 23, 2020) Marines with the Maritime Raid Force (MRF), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fast rope out of a MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st MEU, aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6).

31st MEU MRF Marines fast roping

Marines with Combined Anti-Armor Team 1 (CAAT), Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), clean the beach at Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, July 25, 2020. At the conclusion of their training, CAAT-1 picked up trash that had washed up on the beach in order to leave the environment better than they found it. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. The 31st MEU has implemented strict health protection measures and will continue to conduct mission essential training in support of regional security and stability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kolby Leger)

Brilliance in the basics: Marines with BLT 2/4, 31st MEU participate in beach cleanup

Lance Cpl Jon Marie Roth, an administrative specialist with Combat Logistic Battalion (CLB) 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), lays on a stretcher while posing as a combat casualty during a nightingale exercise at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, July 29, 2020. During a nightingale, Marines and Sailors provide tactical combat casualty care and evacuation of combat casualties. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. The 31st MEU has implemented strict health protection measures and will continue to conduct mission essential training in support of regional security and stability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Audrey M.C. Rampton)

You call a corpsman! CLB-31, 31st MEU care for and evacuate simulated casualties

What's new with the MEU

Prepare to be Boarded: 31st MEU, America ARG conduct VBSS rehearsal in South China Sea By 1st Lt. Stephanie Murphy | September 6, 2020 The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) executed a simulated visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) mission in the South China Sea, Sept. 6, 2020. MORE

Crisis Response: CLB-31, 31st MEU prepare NCO's to lead the way By Sgt. Audrey Rampton | August 21, 2020 PHILIPPINE SEA – Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), attend a class about the CLB’s roll in non-combatant evacuation operations (NEO) and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18), Aug. 21, 2020. The non-commissioned officers (NCO) in attendance learned the key components of NEO and HADR missions, as well as how the command uses the rapid response planning process to launch teams for quick action. MORE

Setting the Example: 31st MEU Marines clean up Kin Blue beach By Lance Cpl. Kolby Leger | August 19, 2020 After spending three full days and nights patrolling and practicing basic infantry skills in the heat, CAAT 1 spent the morning clearing the beach from trash and debris that had washed up on the beach over time. Marines and Sailors that use the training area are expected to clean it after the completion of training, but CAAT 1 decided to take it a step further and clean the beach and all the washed-up trash as well. The Marines were happy to volunteer and show appreciation to the community. MORE

Fight and Win: 31st MEU completes two weeks of mission planning and execution at MEUEX By Sgt. Audrey Rampton | August 10, 2020 CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa – The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and subordinate units, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), and Combat Logistics Battalion 31, wrap up two weeks of crisis response readiness missions in support of MEU Exercise here, July 30, 2020. MORE

Remaining ready: 31st MEU completes Interop exercise with force health protection measures By 1st Lt. Stephanie Murphy | July 15, 2020 The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed interoperability exercise here from June 23 to July 13, 2020, incorporating detachments which recently arrived to the MEU. The associated training was designed to enhance coordination and familiarize subordinate elements with the unique mission set of the 31st MEU, in preparation for follow on exercises which will incorporate the entire Marine Air Ground Task Force. MORE

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