31st MEU | BLT 1/7 depart MCAS Futenma during Flight Operations

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nathan Pigeon, a mortarman with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, transports gear during flight operations at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 26, 2025. The Marines conducted flight operations demonstrating multi-domain transport capabilities of the 31st MEU. 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 premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. Pigeon is a Native of California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Skilah Sanchez)

31st MEU | BLT 1/7 depart...

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Skilah Sanchez/Released 250926-M-BR391-1050.JPG

Nov 18, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nathan Pigeon, a mortarman with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, transports gear during flight operations at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 26, 2025. The Marines conducted flight operations demonstrating multi-domain transport capabilities of the 31st MEU. 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 premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. Pigeon is a Native of California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Skilah Sanchez)

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