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31st MEU Marines take in Australia’s sights and sound

More than 1,800 Marines and sailors from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) visited Australia for the first time when the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) and the forward-deployed dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) pulled into Cairns, Australia, June 28 – July 6. The port visit offered MEU Marines and sailors the