III MEF VIDEOS

Video created for use on social media platforms highlighting operations during Castaway 21.1 that took place around Okinawa, Japan, March 17, 2021. Castaway 21.1 demonstrated the Marine Corps’ ability to integrate with the joint force to seize and defend key maritime terrain, provide low-signature sustainment, and execute long-range precision fires in support of naval operations from an expeditionary advanced base. (U.S. Marine Corps video by 1st Lt. Isaac Lamberth)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, and Airmen with the Special Operations Squadron, conduct a high altitude-low opening jump to secure an airfield facilitating a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System rapid infiltration and simulated firing mission at Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 24, 2020. The exercise represented a step forward in demonstrating how III Marine Expeditionary Force units can leverage the unique capabilities of joint partners in rapidly dispersing to and operating from key maritime terrain, sustain distributed positions, and quickly displace or withdraw as necessitated by the tactical situation. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Hassanen Attabi)

U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, conduct training with f470 Combat Rubber Raiding Craft at White Beach, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 15, 2020. This training increases their proficiency with the launch and recovery of raiding craft for covert insertion and extraction of reconnaissance teams during amphibious operations within the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Hassanen Attabi).