III MEF VIDEOS

Five Marines stationed on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, carried a Japanese woman down Mt. Fuji for two miles, July 3, 2017. The woman needed medical care because she appeared to be having a seizure. The Marines used their walking sticks and t-shirts to create a stretcher and moved as quickly as possible down the mountain. July 11, 2017, the Marines were awarded Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals for their heroic actions. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Deseree Kamm) Cpl. Christoper Ehms, from Rochester, Michigan, is a ground radio and micro repairman with Electronics Maintenance Company, 3rd Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Five Marines stationed on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, carried a Japanese woman down Mt. Fuji for 2 miles, July 3, 2017. The woman needed medical care because she appeared to be having a seizure. The Marines used their walking sticks and t-shirts to create a stretcher and moved as quickly as possible down the mountain. July 11, 2017, the Marines were awarded Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals for their heroic actions. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Deseree Kamm) Cpl. Eric Goodman, from Grass Valley, California, is a ground radio repairman with Electronics Maintenance Company, 3rd Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Five Marines station on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, carried a Japanese woman down Mt. Fuji for 2 miles, July 3, 2017. The woman needed medical care because she appeared to be having a seizure. The Marines used their walking sticks and t-shirts to create a stretcher and moved as quickly as possible down the mountain. July 11, 2017, the Marines were awarded Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals for their heroic actions. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Deseree Kamm) Cpl. Otto Thiele, from St. Charles, Missouri, is a micro miniature repairman with Electronics Maintenance Company, 3rd Maintenance Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Pfc. Tristan Dumas, an infantry mortarman with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, explains why hard times in the Marine Corps are worth it. Dumas is a native of Groton, Connecticut. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards)

Sgt. Devin Gross, an ammunition technician with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, explains why hard times in the Marine Corps are worth it. Gross is a native of Lincoln, Nebraska. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Tiffany Edwards)

A Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) is a self-contained, individual field ration used by service members during field conditions. Some service members are in the field or combat during the holidays; most likely eating their MRE for the 4th of July. Here is one way they can cook up MREs for their Independence Day barbecue.