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U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a live fire range with the Browning M2 .50 Caliber machine gun and a Mark 19 40mm automatic grenade launcher at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, June 1, 2017. Weapons Company conducted the range to help Marines refine their employment of crew-served weapon systems. As the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed unit, the 31st MEU air-ground-logistics team provides a flexible force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations, from limited combat to humanitarian assistance operations, throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Garett Burns/Released)

In this episode, conduct a ship-to-shore operation alongside U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Aleksandar Antic in his amphibious assault vehicle as he explains what it means to be amphibious.

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self Defense Force (JGSDF) and US Marines with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines (BLT 3/5), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) conduct an Assault Amphibian Vehicle (AAV) surf qualification on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan as part of the Japanese Observer Exchange Program. Interview by Capt. Braxton Mashburn, Commanding Officer, India Company, BLT 3/5, 31st MEU. The JGSDF soldiers worked side-by-side with the Marines of Lima Company, BLT 3/5, 31st MEU, as part of the JOEP which consists of a wide range of bilateral events focusing on familiarization of large scale amphibious operations. (Marine Corps Motion Imagery Provided by Lance Cpl. Alexander N. Pool 31st MEU Combat Camera/ Released)