III MEF VIDEOS

The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Force Reconnaissance Platoon rehearses a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure mission during Realistic Urban Training Exercise, July 26, 2018. Marines with the FRP boarded the landing craft from hovering aircrafts while other teams raided the target vessel from small, inflatable rubber boats, known as Combat Rubber Raiding Craft. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Bernadette Plouffe)

Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit talk about their goals for Spring Patrol 2018 on the USS Wasp (LHD-1) while underway in the Philippine Sea, March 25, 2018. Spring Patrol 2018 is a regularly-scheduled patrol to maintain relationships and promote stability in the Indo-Pacific region. As the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, the 31st MEU provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Bernadette Wildes/Released)

F-35B Lightning IIs perform deck landing qualifications on the USS Wasp (LHD-1), March 5, 2018. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 embarked a detachment of F-35Bs on the USS Wasp for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Spring Patrol 2018, marking the first operational deployment of the F-35B with a MEU. As the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, the 31st MEU provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bernadette Wildes)

U.S. Marines assigned to 3rd Marine Division deployed to the Indo-Asia region send messages back home to loved ones for Valentines Day. The division Marines are deployed to Okinawa, Japan, under the Unit Deployment Program. On order, 3rd Marine Division conduct amphibious, forcible entry operations or sustained, combined arms land operations with strategic partners and allies as an integral part of III MEF within the Pacific Theater Area of Operations in support of national security objectives. The Marines are with Combat Assault Battalion; 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment and 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Carl King)

Force Reconnaissance Marines with Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct dive rehearsals in Guam, January 18, 2018, during Realistic Urban Training Exercise. RUTEX provides an instrumental, tailored training opportunity which helps hone their ability to operate in urban environments in preparation for the 31st MEU’s regularly-scheduled Spring Patrol 2018. As the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, the 31st MEU provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Bernadette Wildes)

This short video welcomes Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369,whom will spend the next six months touring the Indo-Asia-Pacific region while on the unit deployment program with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jessica Etheridge)

Marines and Sailors experience the jolt of 50-thousand volts course through their bodies during nonlethal weapons training aboard the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), underway in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 14, 2017. Nonlethal weapons instructors with Combat Logistics Battalion-31’s Military Police Platoon trained Marines and Sailors from across the 31st MEU to use Tasers and other nonlethal weapons during security operations. A critical component of nonlethal weapons training is “exposure,” when trainees feel and experience the effects of nonlethal weapons, including Tasers. CLB-31 provides logistical support to all elements of the 31st MEU. The 31st MEU partners with the Navy's Amphibious Squadron 11 to form the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group, providing a cohesive blue-green team capable of accomplishing a variety of missions across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Breanna Weisenberger/Released)

U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a live fire range with the Browning M2 .50 Caliber machine gun and a Mark 19 40mm automatic grenade launcher at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, June 1, 2017. Weapons Company conducted the range to help Marines refine their employment of crew-served weapon systems. As the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed unit, the 31st MEU air-ground-logistics team provides a flexible force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations, from limited combat to humanitarian assistance operations, throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Garett Burns/Released)