III MEF VIDEOS

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted training throughout the Indo-Pacific region while embarked upon ships of the America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) during a deployment in the fall of 2020. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Joshua Brittenham)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Transportation Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), establish a helicopter support team (HST) aerial lift at Landing Zone Dodo, Okinawa, Japan, October 19, 2020. This training showcased the interoperability between 3rd MLG, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and 3rd Marine Division to integrate in support of rapidly transporting the highly mobile and lethal High Mobility Artillery Rocket System. 3rd MLG provides III Marine Expeditionary force comprehensive logistics and combat service support for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Harvey)

U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jacob Almaguer, Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) officer in charge, and Sgt. Andrew Lohse, noncommissioned officer in charge, both with Bulk Fuel Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), speak about FARP operations on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, during Exercise Valiant Workhorse from Sept. 23-24, 2020. During the exercise, Bulk Fuel Company set fuel lines and manned the stations for a FARP in support of UH-1Y Venom, AH-1Z Viper, and MV-22B Osprey aircraft with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, as well as U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawks. Almaguer, a native of Dorr, Michigan, graduated from Hopkins High School in 2008 and enlisted out of Recruiting Station Grand Rapids in 2007. Lohse, a native of Clinton, Iowa, graduated from Clinton High School in 2013 and enlisted out of Recruiting Station Quad Cities in 2013.3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force’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. Alpha Hernandez)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Samson A. George, an Air Traffic Control Mobile Team Instructor with Marine Air Control Squadron 4, discusses his team’s participation in setting up at a pick-up zone to ensure pilots were able to take off and land without mishaps during a 1st Marine Aircraft Wing Weapons and Tactics Instructor primer (PWTI) operation on Aug. 6, 2020, at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. The exercise was held as part of PWTI to enhance the interoperability, relationships and communication between U.S. Marine Corps air, ground components with the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Brennan J. Beauton)

U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 work with Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron-37 for a Hellfire missile shoot near Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands, Hawaii, June 9, 2020. HMLA-367 and HSM-37 demonstrate the ability of U.S. Marine and Navy integration capabilities, while training and educate pilots, aircrew and maintainers, in a combined tactical scenario. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Eric Tso and Lance Cpl. Jacob Wilson)

Sgt. Ronald Spotswood, a combat graphic specialist with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and Cpl. Josue Marquez, a combat photographer with 3rd Marine Division, speak about what their units did during the Vietnam War, Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, March 25, 2020. Vietnam Veterans Day recognizes veterans who served in the US military during the Vietnam War. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hall)

U.S. service members take part in the static displays and aerial demonstrations during Singapore Airshow 2020 at Changi Exhibition Center, Republic of Singapore, Feb. 15, 2020. U.S. military participated in the airshow, showing continued commitment to the Republic of Singapore. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Tyler Harmon)