III MEF VIDEOS

Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct an embassy reinforcement and noncombatant evacuation exercise at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 5, 2020. Marines reinforced a simulated embassy, providing riot control and assisting with Department of State and noncombatant evacuation. 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. (Official U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Isaac Cantrell)

U.S., Royal Thai, Malaysian and Japanese Armed Forces conduct a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation and Rescue of Japnese Nationals Overseas Exercise as a part of Cobra Gold 18 at the Utapao International Airport in Rayong, Kingdom of Thailand, Feb. 17, 2018. This training provided a venue for both United States and partner nations to advance interoperability and increase partner capacity in planning and executing complex and realistic multinational force and combined task force operations. Cobra Gold 2018 is an annual exercise conducted in the Kingdom of Thailand held from Feb. 13-23 with seven full participating nations. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Erickson B. Magno)

U.S. Marines conducted a non-combatant evacuation operation alongside the armed forces of Thailand, Malaysia, and Japan Feb. 17 during exercise Cobra Gold 16. Cobra Gold is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored exercise that represents the longstanding friendship between the Thai and American peoples.

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) conduct a long-range non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. Marines may conduct a NEO at the request of the U.S. Department of State to evacuate U.S. citizens and other designated personnel. The operation was part of Certification Exercise (CERTEX) during which members of Special Operations Training Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, evaluate the 31st MEU as it conducts it’s mission essential tasks in a variety of scenarios. Includes sound bites from 1st Lt. Wesley Jackson, OIC NEO Mission, CLB-31, 31st MEU. Also available in high definition. (Marine Corps Motion Imagery Provided by Lance Cpl. Alexander N. Pool/ Released)