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U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct live-fire training at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Sept. 26-Oct. 15, 2025. Marines conducted combined arms live-fire training to maintain operational readiness, tactical proficiency, and enhance lethality while operating within the first island chain. 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. Victor Gurrola)

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and British Royal Marine Commandos with 40 Commando Royal Marines, train together during an experimental platoon training exercise, Naval Base Guam, Guam, Mar. 20, 2022. Exercise Noble Arashi is part of 31st MEU’s Noble Series of exercises which are used to validate or invalidate the Family of Naval Concepts, develop techniques and procedures for the employment of MEU assets in support of sea denial and fleet maneuver, and inform future force design and experimentation efforts. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the America Strike 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 video by Lance Cpl. Yvonne Iwae)

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)

Marines with Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, completed jungle warfare training at Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 3, 2017. The Marines practice rappelling, casualty evacuation and rope tying skills. As the Marine Corps' only continuously forward deployed unit, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's 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 Corp's by Lance Cpl. Breanna L. Weisenberger/Released)

In this episode, get behind the scope with U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Seth Utlser, chief scout sniper with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines as he takes aim at targets from the sky. The ‘Welcome to the MEU’ video series is designed get behind the scenes with the Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit while on their Spring Patrol ‘15 of the Asia-Pacific Region. Follow the series on Facebook at www. facebook.com/31stMEU; YouTube at www.youtube.com/user/The31stMEU, and DVIDS at https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/31MEU.

Welcome to the MEU. This episode features Cpl. David Jorgenson as infantry Marines conduct a vertical assault into a simulated urban setting. The Marines and Sailors are with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.

US Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditonary Unit conduct their Spring Patrol 2014. During the patrol the 31st MEU conducted theater security operations, amphibious integration training, certification exercise, Exercise SSang Yong 2014 and assisted in search and rescue efforts for the Korean Ferry 'Sewol'. (Marine Corps Motion Imagery Provided by Lance Cpl. Alexander N. Pool 31st MEU Combat Camera/ Released)