III MEF VIDEOS

U.S. Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division execute Exercise Iron Sky 21.2 on Wake Island, Nov. 5, 2021. Iron Sky demonstrated joint integration and operational mobility with stand-in forces and allowed the Marines to fine-tune expeditionary airfield security operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joshua Brittenham)

U.S. Marines with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, train with New Zealand Soldiers during Exercise Joint Assault Signals Company Black on North Island, New Zealand from Sep. 7 to Oct. 14, 2018. Small units of New Zealand Army soldiers and Marines were tasked to coordinate and control offensive fire in a variety of training environments.

Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, sit on a Light Armored Vehicle atop the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during a defense of the amphibious task force drill, underway in the South China Sea, Sept. 27, 2018. During the training, Marines with BLT 2/5 and crewmen with the Wasp rehearsed ship security using a variety of mounted and dismounted small-arms and heavy weapons. As part of the DATF-D, the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit team assumed a security posture to simulate travelling through potentially dangerous waters. Wasp, flagship of the Wasp ARG, with embarked 31st MEU, is operating in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. BLT 2/5 is the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, currently underway aboard the Wasp during a regularly-scheduled patrol of the Indo-Pacific region. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations across the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kealii De Los Santos/Released)

U.S. Marines work alongside the Japanese Ground-Self Defense Force on the light armored vehicle range in Hokudaien, Japan, in support of Northern Viper, Aug. 15, 2017. Northern Viper is a combined-joint exercise held to enhance regional cooperation between participating nations to collectively deter security threats. The Marines are with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion attached to Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, through the unit deployment program. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Charles Plouffe)

Thai Gen. Surapng Suwana-adth, Chief of Defence Forces, U.S. Ambassador Glyn T. Davies, U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, and Admiral Harry B. Harris, Pacific Command commander, give remarks during the opening ceremony of Cobra Gold 17 at Sattahip, Thailand, February 14, 2017. Cobra Gold is the largest Theater Security Cooperation exercise in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region and is an integral part of the U.S. commitment to strengthen engagement in the region.

Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance platoon conducted maintenance and weapons checks with their new light armored vehicles March 5 at Camp Schwab to ensure the vehicles were fully functional, for the stand-up of the LAR Company in the near future. Lance Cpl. Brandon Suhr shows us the platoon's training.