More than 100 Marines and sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) attended a ceremony in honor of Black History Month on the mess deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), Feb. 27. - More than 100 Marines and sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Essex Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) attended a ceremony in honor of Black History Month on the mess deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), Feb. 27.

Marines with Combat Logistic Battalion 31 (CLB-31), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Royal Thai Air Force service members congratulate each other after a race in Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) level four gear, Feb. 5. The MEU is currently participating in exercise Cobra Gold 2010 (CG’ 10). The exercise is the latest in a continuing series of exercises design to promote regional peace and security. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dengrier M. Baez) - Marines with Combat Logistic Battalion 31 (CLB-31), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Royal Thai Air Force service members congratulate each other after a race in Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) level four gear, Feb. 5. The MEU is currently participating in exercise Cobra Gold 2010 (CG’ 10). The exercise is the latest in a continuing series of exercises design to promote regional peace and security. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dengrier M. Baez)

Smoke screen rockets fill the sky to support an air assault during a bilateral training exercise in preparation for a combined arms live fire exercise (CALFEX), Feb. 8. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is currently participating in exercise Cobra Gold 2010 (CG’ 10). The exercise is the latest in a continuing series of exercises design to promote regional peace and security. - Smoke screen rockets fill the sky to support an air assault during a bilateral training exercise in preparation for a combined arms live fire exercise (CALFEX), Feb. 8. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is currently participating in exercise Cobra Gold 2010 (CG’ 10). The exercise is the latest in a continuing series of exercises design to promote regional peace and security.

Cpl. Jeremy Hurlbert, a military policeman with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 (CLB-31), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), instructs a Royal Thai Marine on how to properly apply a non-lethal takedown move during a subject-matter expert exchange (SMEE) between Royal Thai security Marines and CLB-31, Feb. 5. The MEU is currently participating in exercise Cobra Gold 2010 (CG’ 10). The exercise is the latest in a continuing series of exercises design to promote regional peace and security. - Cpl. Jeremy Hurlbert, a military policeman with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 (CLB-31), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), instructs a Royal Thai Marine on how to properly apply a non-lethal takedown move during a subject-matter expert exchange (SMEE) between Royal Thai security Marines and CLB-31, Feb. 5. The MEU is currently participating in exercise Cobra Gold 2010 (CG’ 10). The exercise is the latest in a continuing series of exercises design to promote regional peace and security.