Videos

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted integrated training across the USS America amphibious ready group in the Indo-Pacific region, July 9, 2025. The integrated training is an opportunity for the 31st MEU to conduct mission-oriented training in Queensland, Australia, to provide the III Marine Expeditionary Force commanding general and 7th Fleet Commander the best crisis response force in the INDOPACOM area of operations. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America ARG in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Alora Finigan)

A video highlighting the capabilities of Maritime Raid Force with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, in the Indo-Pacific, May, 25, 2025. The MRF reports directly to the MEU commander, acting as the eyes, ears and trigger finger in the battlespace, facilitating a wide array of operations and mission sets. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Alora Finigan)

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), train alongside Force Reconnaissance Platoon (FRP), Maritime Raid Force (MRF), 31st MEU, as a part of Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) operations during MEU exercise (MEUEX) aboard the USAV Calaboza in Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 7, 2021. The Marine Corps ability to conduct VBSS operations is integral to our ability to operate in the Indonesian Pacific theatre. MEUEX is a pre-deployment training exercise that validates and reinforces the MEU’s mission capabilities across all of the Marine subordinate elements. 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. Christopher W. England)

Reconnaissance Marines with the Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, board the USNS Rappahannock and conduct Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure training operations, Aug. 18, 2018. MRF Marines train regularly for quick, tactical raids of targets on both land and sea. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Bernadette Plouffe)

Force Reconnaissance Marines with Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure training in Guam and while underway in the Pacific Ocean between Jan. and March, 2018. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Platoon train regularly for quick, tactical raids of targets on both land and sea. (U.S. Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Lance Cpl. Kristiana Gehly)