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Spiritual toughness: 31st MEU Chaplain provides daily workouts, wisdom aboard USS Wasp By 2nd Lt. Jonathan Coronel | September 9, 2019 Red-faced Marines and Sailors guzzle water and dry their faces with towels in the muggy bowels of the ship – the first of her class, the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) – surrounded by light armored vehicles and humvees, trying to quickly catch their breath before the dreaded timer goes off once again. MORE

Much more than beans, bullets and band-aids: CLB-31 provides more than just sustainment for 31st MEU By Lance Cpl. Kenny Nunezbigay | September 9, 2019 Combat Logistics Battalion 31 is the Logistics Combat Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. CLB-31 provides all elements of the MEU with combat service support and is comprised of various sections, to include motor transportation, engineers, explosive ordnance, maintenance, supply, landing support, and communications and health service support. These different sections have capabilities that are vital in allowing the 31st MEU to conduct training exercises as well as real world missions, according to Cpl. Christian Gomez, a supply specialist with CLB-31. MORE

U.S. Marines complete simulated combined amphibious assault, reconnaissance raid in Bowen, Australia By Capt. George T. McArthur | September 9, 2019 U.S. Marines, Australian Soldiers, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Members conducted multi-national simulated amphibious mechanized and direct-action raids in Bowen, Australian as a part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 19, July 22 and 23. MORE

Amphibious raids: 31st MEU Golf Company provides lethality from sea By Cpl. Brennan Priest | September 9, 2019 The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit patrols the Indo-Pacific region, ready to respond to any threat with swiftness and lethality. As the only continuously forward deployed MEU, they require units that specialize in self-sufficient and rapid deployment. Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, fills this requirement as the MEU’s amphibious raid company. MORE

Wet ‘n Wild: The AAV platoon of the 31st MEU By Lance Cpl. Kyle Bunyi | September 9, 2019 Among the various capabilities of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Battalion Landing Team, the ability to storm the enemy’s shores by force is a crucial one. Marines are carried through crashing waves and enemy fire and delivered onto the beach by the BLT’s Assault Amphibious Vehicle platoon, the unit in charge of maintaining and operating assault amphibious vehicles. MORE

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