III MEF VIDEOS

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Division remember where they were 18 years ago on the tragedy we know as September 11. Terrorist attacks were coordinated against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, which resulted in 2,996 fatalities and over 6,000 injuries. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Esgar Rojas)

Lance Cpl. Rodrigo Cruzvera, an aircraft rescue and fire fighting Marine with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, MCAS Futenma, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, shares his perspective on being an ARFF Marine. He is a Gardnerville, Nev., native.

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced) (VMM-262 (REIN)), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) conduct shipboard aircraft fire fighter training at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. The training was designed to prepare Marines to assist Navy personnel in combating fires on the flight deck of an amphibious vessel in an emergency situation. VMM-262 (REIN) is in preparation for an upcoming amphibious deployment with the 31st MEU. (Marine Corps Motion Imagery Provided by Lance Cpl. Alexander N. Pool 31st MEU Combat Camera/ Released)

Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducted aircraft firefighting training on a simulated helicopter frame. The Marines hail from non-firefighting occupations, but while attached to the 31st MEU and deploying with aircraft on ships, every aviation Marine that works around aircraft is required to know how to extinguish a fire in the event one occurs. Soundbite from Master Sgt. Padraig McGowan. Also available in high definition

Royal Thai Air Force aircraft rescue firefighters conducted live-fire burns with U.S. Marines Feb. 21 at Wing One Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kingdom of Thailand during exercise Cobra Gold 2013. The training was conducted to give the firefighters confidence and proficiency in their techniques, skills, gear, and each other. CG 13, in its 32nd iteration, is designed in increase the interoperability and combined capabilities between the participating countries. The RTAF ARFF are with Wing One, RTAF. The U.S. Marines are assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Brandon Suhr/released)