III MEF VIDEOS

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Brandon Martinez, a musician with III Marine Expeditionary Force Band, and his spouse, Aly Martinez, speak about their interests in building Gundam models and playing board games in Okinawa, Japan, April 17, 2021. Through their hobbies, the Martinez's have found a community while living in Okinawa. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Natalie Greenwood)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Malik Pugh, a digital wide band technician with Communications Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), and Fairview Heights, Illinois native, explains his craft of building robotics on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 30, 2020. Pugh has been building and modifying his own electronics since his childhood and hopes to use his ideas to make squad integrated reconnaissance drones and educational robots. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III MEF’s comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Moises Rodriguez)

Reconnaissance Marines with the Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, board the USNS Rappahannock and conduct Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure training operations, Aug. 18, 2018. MRF Marines train regularly for quick, tactical raids of targets on both land and sea. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Bernadette Plouffe)

Marines with the Force Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, rehearse a visit, board, search, seizure operation aboard the USNS Matthew C. Perry as part of the MEU’s certification exercise. After clearing the deck and inside of the ship, the Marines detained the hostile personnel who took control of the ship, egressing to the USS Essex following the exercise. Includes sound bites from Cpl. Jordan Tapangco, Squad Leader, Maritime Raid Force, 31st MEU. Also available in high definition.