III MEF VIDEOS

A teaser to the written feature of Gunnery Sgt. Todd N. Groves, from Fulton, Missouri. Groves was a pig farmer growing up and has now found a place he can call home in Okinawa, Japan. Groves, a maintenance chief with Small Craft Repair Platoon, Expeditionary Operations Training Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, has been volunteering on the farm of Bokusei Kinjo, an Okinawan farmer, for more than two years now.

Lance Cpl. Donald Litton, a motor transportation technician, shares his point-of-view on vehicle maintenance and serving as a Marine in III Marine Expeditionary Force. He is from Springfield, Mo., and is with, III MEF Headquarters Group.

1st Lt. Daphne Williams, a Marine Corps Instructor of Water Survival, shows water survival techniques during this episode of “Like a Marine." Williams is a St. Louis, Missouri, native and is with Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Also available in high definition.

III MEF Marines teach water survival techniques during the next episode of “Like a Marine”. Also available in high definition.

Staff Sgt. Paul Delekto talks about oleoresin capsicum, commonly known as pepper spray or OC, and its effects on Marines assigned to the security augment force on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, March 6, 2015. The Marines trained through an endurance course while ecposed to the spray in order to better understand the non-lethal weapon's effects on them and potential suspects it may be used on. Delekto is the staff noncommissioned officer in charge of the Mobile Training Team, Provost Marshal's Office, Marine Corps Installations Pacific- Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Japan and a Stone Mountain, Ga., Native.

Using dozens of aircraft and a convoy of more than 50 vehicles, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit moved a battalion-size force from the ships of Amphibious Squadron 11 more than 300 miles inland to take part in Exercise Koolendong 13. Marines and Sailors from the ground combat element, combat logistics element and command element of the 31st MEU arrived in waves of Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacements (known as 7-tons); High Mobility, Multi-Wheeled Vehicles; and Light Armored Vehicles. During the two-day period it took the convoy to reach the training area, MV-22 Osprey and CH-53 Super Stallion aircraft unloaded waves of additional forces. The combined offload efforts of the ground and air combat elements brought a total of approximately 700 troops ashore for the exercise. Koolendong will feature several day and night live-fire exercises alongside the Marine Rotational Force - Darwin and the 5th Royal Australian Regiment. The 31st MEU brings what it needs to sustain itself to accomplish the mission or to pave the way for follow-on forces. The size and composition of the 31st MEU makes it well suited for amphibious operations, which includes raids, assaults, evacuations and humanitarian assistance operations. Soundbites from Cpl. Adam G. Burns, Platte City, Mo. Produced by Sgt. Jonathan Wright.

Cpl. Joseph Souders sends a greeting to St. Louis, Missouri from Japan for Holiday Season 2012