III MEF VIDEOS

U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 and Marine Aircraft Group 12 show support for their alma-mater, the United States Naval Academy (USNA), at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Dec. 1, 2018. The midshipmen alumni cheer on their team for the annual Army-Navy football game between the USNA and the United States Military Academy. (U.S. Marine Corps motion imagery by Cpl. Richard Limone and Lance Cpl. Seth Rosenberg)

U.S. Marines with Combined Anti-Armor Team Platoon (CAAT) 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, conduct live fire training at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Oct. 28, 2018. The training event included the implementation of utility task vehicle as fast attack assets and was part of Exercise Bougainville II, the 2nd part of 3/3 pre-deployment work up focusing on platoon and company level exercises. Music track courtesy of "Prisoner of Mind" by Guilty of Treason. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Luke Kuennen)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, conduct a live-fire training exercise during Bougainville II at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Oct. 27, 2018. Exercise Bougainville II is the 2nd part of 3/3's pre-deployment workup focusing on platoon and company level exercises. Music track courtesy of "Prisoner of Mind" by Guilty of Treason. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Luke Kuennen)

The Bell UH-1Y Venom "The Huey" is a combat-proven utility helicopter slated to support the U.S. Marine Corps global missions for the next four decades. The Huey engages threats, delivers or exfiltrate personnel and performs under the most punishing operating conditions, making it the ultimate tactical utility helicopter. The UH-1Y Venom was first deployed with the U.S. Marine Corps in 2009. The Huey lineage can be traced back to combat action in Vietnam, but today’s UH-1Y is a thoroughly modern aircraft. The UH-1Y is generations ahead of its predecessors in terms of effectiveness, performance, and safety. The Huey operates in the most extreme environments, from Arctic cold to desert heat. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Andy O. Martinez)

Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, the first complete Marine air group to be transported by sea to a combat zone, launched from the USS Princeton to the shores of Vietnam, Sept. 1, 1965. Immediately, they began providing troop lifts, air strikes, medical evacuation, resupplies, and reconnaissance insertions and extractions in the southern area of operations. MAG-36 flew daily in support of Marines on the ground. Meanwhile, while many U.S. and South Vietnamese forces celebrated the Tet holiday, tens of thousands of North Vietnamese soldiers, Viet Cong guerrillas and local communist militants moved under the cover of night. Their objective was to simultaneously attack more than 100 U.S. and South Vietnamese occupied cities and bases. In the early hours of Jan. 31, 1968, the Communist-led Tet Offensive was in full force.

U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 367 bid their final farewell to the AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 13, 2017. Maj. Robert Arbegast, the maintenance officer of HMLA-367, and Maj. Mark Koval, the squadron operations officer with HMLA-367, remark about the final flight of the AH-1W whiskey, which are being replaced by the AH-1Z Viper helicopters. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Justin Dixon)

U.S. Marines with Company A, 1st Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment conduct live fire and maneuver training during Exercise Bougainville I at Ulupau Range Training Facility, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 10, 2018. Exercise Bougainville I is used to train Marines to fight at the small-unit level and build their proficiency for future deployments. 1st Lt. Shane Curtis, a native of Dallas, is a platoon commander with 1/3. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Eric Tso)

Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 explain what they do prior to take off to ensure aviation safety. Sgt. Carson Chandler from Austin, Texas, is a crew chief with HMLA-369, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jess Etheridge)