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Reconnaissance Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Force Reconnaissance Platoon conduct dive and live-fire drills during training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 13, 2019. The FRP Marines train regularly for quick, tactical raids of targets both on land and sea to fulfill the specialized raid missions the 31st MEU is capable of conducting during deployments. 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 premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (Official U.S Marine Corps video by Cpl. Isaac Cantrell/Released)

Marines with Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit utilize the M777A2 Lightweight 155 mm Howitzer Expeditionary increase proficiency with direct and indirect fire during day and night time operations on Townshend Island, Australia July 17, 2017. Talisman Saber is a biennial exercise designed to improve the interoperability between Australian and U.S. forces. The 31st MEU is taking part in Talisman Saber 17 while deployed on its regularly-scheduled patrol of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Garett Burns/Released)

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced) (VMM-262 (REIN)), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) conduct shipboard aircraft fire fighter training at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. The training was designed to prepare Marines to assist Navy personnel in combating fires on the flight deck of an amphibious vessel in an emergency situation. VMM-262 (REIN) is in preparation for an upcoming amphibious deployment with the 31st MEU. (Marine Corps Motion Imagery Provided by Lance Cpl. Alexander N. Pool 31st MEU Combat Camera/ Released)

Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a point man reaction course in the Okinawan jungle. The unit went through the course in three or four-man fire teams, engaging paper silhouette targets while traversing the muddy, steep terrain. The training focused on communication and negotiating the thick jungle vegetation in order to neutralize enemy targets before getting too close. Available in High Definition.

Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd...