09 May 2025 Ready, Partnered, Lethal: 31st MEU completes MEUEX CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa — The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted training to prepare the unit for future warfighting capabilities. Immersive, scenario-based evolutions focused on lethality, readiness, and interoperability for an upcoming deployment in the Indo-Pacific Region during a MEU...
11 March 2025 Ready at Midnight: 500 Marines and Sailors Deploy Aboard USS San Diego (LPD-22) for the 31st MEU’s First Patrol of 2025 PHILIPPINE SEA - As midnight approaches through the warship’s red-lit passageways and inside every busy berthing, the familiar anthem “We Ready” by Archie Evermore blares over the ship’s public address system or 1 Main Circuit (1MC). Capt. Tim Carter, commanding officer of the amphibious transport...
12 July 2024 Strengthening Alliances: CLB-31 Hosts ARDB for Collaborative Visit Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, hosted representatives from Japan’s Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, July 11 and 12...
05 April 2024 MV-22s Return to Flight Status The 1st Marine Aircraft Wing returned its MV-22s to flight status on March 14, as the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) deemed the aircraft safe to fly based on a meticulous and data-driven approach that prioritized flight worthiness and safety...
10 August 2022 31st MEU Conducts Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Shore-to-Ship Heavy Lif PHILIPPINE SEA, USS Tripoli -- Marines from 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit logistics combat element, Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 31, worked alongside the aviation combat element, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squdron-262 (Reinforced), to successfully execute a shore-to-ship and back to shore...
13 March 2023 US Marines, Japanese Forces Conclude Frst Japan-based Iron Fist Exercise OKINAWA, Japan -- Today, members of the Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF) and U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) completed the first Japan-based Iron Fist exercise. Iron Fist is an annual exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen relationships between the...
20 November 2017 A First for the 'First of the First' with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- 1st Marine Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, joined the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 20, 2017. This is the first time Battalion Landing Team (BLT), 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, will deploy as the Ground Combat Element...
05 March 2018 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit F-35Bs Join USS Wasp for Historic Deployment USS WASP (LHD-1), EAST CHINA SEA -- A detachment of F-35B Lightning IIs with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), landed on the USS Wasp (LHD-1) here March 5, marking the beginning of the F-35B’s first operational deployment with a MEU.The aircraft embarked on...
30 November 2017 Combat Logistics Battalion 31 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Marines Refine Counter-improvised Explosive Device Tactics CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- Explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31 conducted counter improvised explosive device (IDE) training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 21, 2017.During the training the Marines refined their ability to mitigate the dangers of IEDs...
27 December 2017 Marines with the 31st MEU completes Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) completed the first step of a comprehensive pre-deployment cycle in preparation for an upcoming patrol of the Indo-Asia-Pacific region at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 14, 2017.Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise...