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A U.S. Marine with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, explains the capabilities and purpose of the 31st MEU on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 24, 2024. 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 video by Cpl. Angel Diaz Montes De Oca)

Lt. Col. Matthew Verdin, the Commanding Officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 31, explains his unit's part in making the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit a complete Marine Air Ground Task Force Sep. 3, 2022. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher W. England)

Lt. Col. Matthew Verdin, the Commanding Officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 31, explains his unit's part in making the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit a complete Marine Air Ground Task Force Sep. 3, 2022. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher W. England)

Col. Matthew Danner, the Commanding Officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, explains the Command Element's part in making the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit a complete Marine Air Ground Task Force Sep. 3, 2022. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher W. England)

U.S. Marine explosive ordnance technicians with the Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Explosive Ordnance Disposal build, pack, and detonate shape charges during a low order range at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, June 6, 2022. The purpose of a low order technique is to reduce explosive hazard of ordnance by rupturing an ordnance's casing. The 31st MEU, The Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to preform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Kira Ducato)

Col. John Merna, commanding officer of 31st Marine...

Package of Marines and Sailors with the San Diego based 1st Batallion, 4th Marines arriving at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa to become the Battalion Landing Team for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. For six months, the unit will help maintain regional security while conducting bilateral training with allied nations in the Asia Pacific. Soundbites from 1st Sgt. Marcel Lett. Produced by Sgt. Paul Robbins Jr.