31st MEU | Weapons Co conducts surface TRAP

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare joint light tactical vehicles for convoy operations during a simulated tactical recovery of aircraft personnel exercise as part of MEU Exercise at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 10, 2025. The simulated TRAP exercise showcased advanced trauma life support capabilities and evaluated the platoon’s rapid response and recovery tactics of downed aircraft, personnel and equipment in isolated locations. 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alora Finigan)

31st MEU | Weapons Co con...

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alora Finigan/Released 251210-M-MI274-1204.JPG

Dec 17, 2025

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare joint light tactical vehicles for convoy operations during a simulated tactical recovery of aircraft personnel exercise as part of MEU Exercise at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 10, 2025. The simulated TRAP exercise showcased advanced trauma life support capabilities and evaluated the platoon’s rapid response and recovery tactics of downed aircraft, personnel and equipment in isolated locations. 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alora Finigan)

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