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Essex and 31st MEU Complete Successful CRRC Exercise

Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) and Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit completed a successful Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC) operation from the well deck of Essex, Sept. 25.During the three-hour exercise, 25 Marines from the 31st MEU’s Amphibious Reconnaissance Platoon and

Hanging by a Rope: HMM 262 Supports

A group of Marines stand by to infiltrate a heavily guarded building and the only way in is from the roof. A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter hovers 60 feet above the building and the Marines fast rope in to execute the mission.In order to prepare for such tactical scenarios, Marines must first be trained in helicopter rope suspension techniques.To

CLB-31 Establishes An Evacuation Control Center

At any given time the U.S. State Department may call for the evacuation of U.S. citizens from a foreign country due to a natural disaster or political unrest. For the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit these circumstances are a reality and their mission to serve as a contingency response force for the Asia Pacific Region may assist for the safe

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,