29 April 2020 31st MEU Hones Naval Integration Operations during Mission Rehearsals from Guam to Okinawa PHILIPPINE SEA – The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard ships of the America Expeditionary Strike Group completed a series of sequential operations rehearsing naval expeditionary and Marine Air-Ground Task Force maneuver from Guam to Okinawa, Japan, March 21-28.The Marine Corps’ 31st MEU and...
09 March 2020 31st MEU F-35 Flies Over Thailand for First Time Ever SATTAHIP, Kingdom of Thailand -- Exercise Cobra Gold 2020 held its closing ceremony and culminating combined arms live-fire exercise March 6, 2020, successfully concluding the 39th integration of the largest combined military exercise in the Indo-Pacific region. This year the exercise included a...
02 March 2020 Cobra Gold: Partner Nations Practice Noncombatant Evacuation Operations UTAPAO, Kingdom of Thailand -- Civilians stream through the gates into view of Department of State personnel and military service members welcoming them with clear directions. A military working dog sniffs for hazardous materials, and a bilateral chemical response team stands by to decontaminate...
04 March 2020 Royal Thai, US Forces Commemorate Landmine Reduction Operations with Unexploded Ordnance Destruction SA KAEO, Kingdom of Thailand -- The Royal Thai Armed Forces Thailand Mine Action Center hosted a demonstration to inform U.S. and Thai military leadership about ongoing landmine reduction operations throughout the country, culminating with the destruction of unexploded ordnance at the Phakdi Phandin...
26 February 2020 Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade Embarks for the First Time with America ESG, 31st MEU PHILIPPINE SEA -- The embarked forces conducted boat raid scenarios over a few weeks’ time to improve tactics and techniques between Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and the soldiers of ARDB boat platoon, in coordination with the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS...
09 March 2020 Thai, US Marines Strengthen Bonds for Another Year SATTAHIP, Kingdom of Thailand -- The 39th iteration of exercise Cobra Gold concluded March 6, 2020, wrapping up another year of bilateral cooperation between Royal Thai and U.S. Armed Forces.While the exercise drew all branches of service from 27 ifferent countries, the bond between Royal Thai...
11 March 2020 US, Royal Thai Marine Corps Breach, Clear Obstacles Showcasing Combined Arms Firepower during Final Exercise BAN CHEN KHREM, Kingdom of Thailand -- Explosions and bullets rain past obstacles as the Royal Thai Marine Corps and U.S. Marines clear ground in a bilateral assault March 5, 2020, as part of exercise Cobra Gold 2020. Over the course of an hour, a force of over 100 Marines and Thais demonstrated...
13 March 2020 Relief and Appointment: 31st MEU Welcomes New Sgt. Maj. In wake of Cobra Gold Success LAEM CHABANG PORT, Kingdom of Thailand -- U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit welcomed Sergeant Major Douglas Gerhardt at a relief and appointment ceremony aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), March 11, 2020.During the ceremony, Sergeant Major Edwin A...
10 August 2020 Fight and Win: 31st MEU Completes Two Weeks of Mission Planning and Execution at MEUEX CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa -- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and subordinate units, Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Reinforced), and Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 31, wrap up two weeks of crisis response readiness missions...
17 July 2020 Remaining ready: 31st MEU Completes Interop Exercise with Force Health Protection Measures ...