Videos

U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct Exercise Dark Horse at the Jungle Warfare Training Center in Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 18, 2021. Exercise Dark Horse was a battalion wide field exercise that incorporated Expeditionary Advanced Base Operation concepts for potential enemy maritime forces. 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. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Grace Gerlach)

U.S. Marine Cpl. Victor Obakpe, an engineer equipment mechanic with Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), describes the Martial Arts Instructor course culminating event at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 4, 2021. The Martial Arts Instructor Course is designed to teach Marine Corps Martial Arts Program (MCMAP) principles and combat conditioning to prepare Marines as MCMAP instructors. 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. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Danny Gonzalez)

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. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Pfc. Joseph E. DeMarcus)

U.S. Marines with Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Australian Defence Force members fire M777A2 155mm Howitzers together during Talisman Saber 2021 at Camp Growl, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 17, 2021. This is the ninth iteration of Talisman Sabre, a large-scale, bilateral military exercise between Australia and the U.S. involving participants from seven nations. The month-long multi-domain exercise consists of a series of training events that reinforce the strong U.S-/Australian alliance and demonstrate the U.S. Military’s unwavering commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Joseph E. DeMarcus)

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. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Brandon Salas)

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/4 go through Jungle Warfare Training. Jungle warfare training prepares students to operate in jungle environments through the teaching of rappelling, patrolling, and land navigation. 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 Lance Cpl. Colton Nicks)