III MEF VIDEOS

The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted MEU Exercise, successfully executing the Rapid Response to Planning Process for an array of missions and conducting command and control from a fully-functional COC at the MEU Command Post, December 2-11, 2019. 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 Lcpl Joshua Brittenham)

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