U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct Fast Rope Masters Sustainment Training from MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft and UH-1Y Venom helicopters at Landing Zones Starling and Peacock, Okinawa, Japan, May 13–14, 2025. The training, conducted under the supervision of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Expeditionary Operations Training Group, serves as a critical bridge between the Fast Rope Master Course and operational readiness, enabling Marines to maintain insertion proficiency and instructor-level sustainment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Diego Garcia)

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members with the National Defense Medical College participate in a Combat Medic Course on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 12, 2024. The 5-day course allowed the JGSDF members to train and render tactical combat casualty care to other members. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Ramon Cardoza) (The video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: Monster performed by Santos Bryan/stock.adobe.com)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, participate in the 2021 Expeditionary Operations Training Group Sniper Course on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 12, 2021. The training was an evaluated course of fire requiring the Marines to learn high-level sniper skills in challenging conditions. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Zachary Sarvey)

U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force, Force Reconnaissance, 4th Platoon and 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, in the 2021 EOTG Visit, Board, Search and Seizure course conduct their final exercise in Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 12, 2021. Throughout the VBSS course Marines have learned and applied skills used for maritime boarding actions and tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Zachary Sarvey)

U.S. Marines with 4th Platoon, Force Reconnaissance Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force, participate in the Expeditionary Operations Training Group Close Quarters Tactics course on Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 28, 2021. The Marines utilized new and previously learned techniques and incorporated them across multiple training exercises, including shoot-house clearing, helicopter inserts, night time raids and CBRN integrated scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Zachary Sarvey)

Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct an embassy reinforcement and noncombatant evacuation exercise at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 5, 2020. Marines reinforced a simulated embassy, providing riot control and assisting with Department of State and noncombatant evacuation. 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. (Official U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Isaac Cantrell)

U. S. Marines attend a Foreign Weapons Familiarization Course on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 1 – 4, 2019. The Marines were instructed and tested on assembly, disassembly and handling of Soviet era, German and Belgian assault rifles, machine guns and other weapons to enhance proficiency in completing missions with challenging problems. The Marines who participated in the course were from 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment; 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment; 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group; Expeditionary Operations Training Group, III MIG; 3rd Intelligence Battalion, III MIG; 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III MEF; and Marine Corps Base Range Control. (U. S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Danielle Abshire)

Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force plan, rehearse and perform a raid on a simulated target during Realistic Urban Training Exercise 19-1 at Wet N' Wild Hawaii, Jan. 29, 2019. RUTEX 19-1 is the first iteration of the exercise that the 31st MEU has conducted in Hawaii. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible 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 photo by Cpl. Isaac Cantrell/Released)

Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force host a community engagement event at Naval Air Museum Barbers Point, Kapolei, Hawaii, Jan. 19, 2019. The event gave the Marines of the MRF the opportunity to build a relationship with the community. There were static displays of the Marines and their gear, a breaching display and a tactical demonstration of a high value target interdiction. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible 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 photo by Cpl. Isaac Cantrell/Released)

Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force board a simulated vessel during Visit, Board, Search and Seizure training at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Jan. 18, 2019. Reconnaissance Marines with MRF train for quick, tactical raids of moving vessels, launched from both land and sea. 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 photo by Cpl. Isaac Cantrell/Released)

Sgt. Chris McCalla II, an instructor with 3rd Expeditionary Operations Training Group, and his team teach Marines from 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment and Philippine Marines how to perform a clandestine landing and withdrawal during KAMANDAG 2 on Philippine Marine Corps base Gregorio Lim, Philippines. KAMANDAG 2 is a routine training exercise that helps maintain a high level of readiness and enhances bilateral military-to-military relations and capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Brian Burdett)

Expeditionary Operations Training Group conducted a final certification exercise, March 21- 28, 2017, in Okinawa, Japan, to evaluate the readiness of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Company B, Marine Corps Security Force Regiment, to support the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet. Interviews: -Cpl. Juan Contero, a Weapons and Tactics Instructor from Jackson, Michigan -Cpl. Kendall Saunders, an intelligence instructor from Lawson, Missouri The instructors are with Expeditionary Operations Training Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF.