Based out of Okinawa, Japan, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) is positioned to respond to crisis anywhere in the world.
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U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Ryan Sohm, Charlie company commander with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, explains the Ground...
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Raymond Riebli, a CH-53E Super Stallion Pilot attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (rein.), 31st Marine...
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Charles Tuan, an AH-1Z attack helicopter pilot with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary...
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Chris Niedziocha, the commanding officer of 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, recites the oath of office and oath of enlistment...
U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, commemorate two years overseas while embarked on ships from U.S. Navy Amphibious Squadron 11,...
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Members of the U.S. and Indonesian armed forces pose for a photo during a visit aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20), in...
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Scott Detar, a UH-1Y Venom crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit,...
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Gabriel Kazanfer, an explosive ordnance technician, left, and Gunnery Sgt. Sergio Mendoza, an ordnance chief, both with Marine...
U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, unload a UH-1Y Venom helicopter during a joint-strike...
A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M4 service rifle during a deck shoot aboard the amphibious...
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Angelina Violante, the executive officer for the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) and U.S. Marines with the 31st...
U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to load ordnance during F-35B Lightning II...
U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II strike fighter aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit,...
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brookmichaelson Robert, a native of Hawaii and a bulk fuel specialist with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.),...
U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary, assemble a radar detector during a Sensor Expeditionary Advanced Base exercise at Irisuna Island,...
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, return simulated enemy fire during a mechanized raid exercise on Camp...
Feb. 05, 2024USS AMERICA – U.S. Marines and Sailors are scheduled to participate in Exercise Iron
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Today, members of the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) and U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) completed the first Japan-based Iron Fist exercise. Iron Fist is an annual exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). This iteration of Iron Fist included ships from the JMSDF for the first time, which conducted rehearsals and integration with the 31st MEU and 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment (ARDR) throughout the exercise.
U.S. Marines and Sailors are scheduled to participate in Exercise Iron Fist 2023 alongside members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF).
U.S. Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade began their first dedicated bilateral training exercise together, taking place at Numazu Beach, Japan, and Combined Arms Training Center Fuji, Japan.
OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 31, 2022) – Sparks flew from the whetstone as the battle-ax that is the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) sharpened its lethal edge, conducting integrated training on the beachheads and jungle terrain of Okinawa in January. As the MEU’s forward reconnaissance platoon advanced on their objective during the exercise, the opposite blade of the same formidable weapon – a platoon of Navy SEALs assigned to Naval Special Warfare Group (NSWG) 1 – glinted in shafts of sunlight piercing through the canopy.
CAMP GONZALVES, Japan – U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), attended Okinawa’s JWTC for a 10-day course from Jan. 4-14, aiming to sharpen their mission capabilities in contested areas. This course is a small look into a larger initiative from the Marine Corps’ Stand-in Force (SIF) concept, which emphasizes lethality and survivability in austere environments.