31st MEU | LAR conducts a force on force

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Joseph Kiesa, an infantry officer with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires a M240B machine gun during a force on force exercise at Shoal Water Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 5, 2025. Marines participated in this training in order to refine their lethality and interoperability against one another. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Kiesa is a native of New York. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Raul Sotovilla)

31st MEU | LAR conducts a...

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Raul Sotovilla/Released 250705-M-EC903-2268.JPG

Jul 9, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Joseph Kiesa, an infantry officer with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires a M240B machine gun during a force on force exercise at Shoal Water Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 5, 2025. Marines participated in this training in order to refine their lethality and interoperability against one another. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Kiesa is a native of New York. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Raul Sotovilla)

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