15 October 2014 31st MEU Marines Visit Bataan Death March Memorial following PHIBLEX '15 Blood. Sweat. Tears. Agony. Pain. The Bataan Death March is defined by these words. An 80-mile march destroyed thousands of lives and ruined families. To honor those who are no longer here is never to forget.U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit visited the Bataan Death March Memorial...
06 October 2014 FASTPAC, 31st MEU Reinforce Embassy during PHIBLEX 15 There are many challenges when operating in the Asia-Pacific region. Whether it is the destructive powers of nature or the effects of human conflict, thankfully there are forces in the region equipped to help stop the chaos.The Philippine Air Force joined alongside U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine...
06 October 2014 Philippine and U.S. Marines Complete a Mechanized Assault at PHIBLEX 15 Philippine and U.S. Marines conducted an amphibious mechanized assault as part of Amphibious Landing Exercise 15 here, Oct. 5.A section of U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicles departed from the USS Germantown (LSD-42) to storm the beach. Once on land, Philippine Marines disembarked the U.S. AAVs...
22 July 2014 Marines Showcase Osprey in Sapporo Air Show Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, showcased two MV-22 Ospreys as static displays during the Sapporo Air Show at Sapporo Okadama Airport, July 20.The Marine pilots and crew members flew from Okinawa July 18 and made stops at Marine Corps...
24 January 2014 Rumble in Jungle: 31st MEU Marines Engage Targets in Okinawan Undergrowth A fire team of Marines move methodically down a wet gorge, up a slick stone ledge and through a widening valley. Small missteps cause Marines to fall knee deep in mud, but they climb out and continue forward. When the patrol leader yells, “One! Two! Three!” the Marines raise their rifles and the...
12 August 2014 JGSDF Soldiers Say Goodbye to the 31st MEU after Successful JOEP Evolution Soldiers with the Western Army of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force concluded their participation of the Japan Observer Exchange Program (JOEP) alongside Marines from Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, here, Aug. 7. The JGSDF integrated with the...
28 December 2015 Maritime Raid Force Breaches into INTEROP 16-1 CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan -- It’s the middle of the night helicopters fly overhead, Marines surround a house and the loud crack of a flashbang goes off while a voice booms through a megaphone. “Come out now and you will be treated kindly, if not you are putting your life at risk!” Slowly a few...
28 December 2015 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Trains for Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Relief Mission CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, Japan -- It’s a scene that has played out in real life and on Hollywood’s silver screen countless times. Service members are deployed to a country, tasked with distributing food, water and other emergency supplies to victims of a disaster. The people are hungry, thirsty,...
16 January 2015 Combat Logistics Battalion Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team Responds to Disaster Scenario On March 11, 2011, the worst undersea earthquake to affect Japan struck at a magnitude of 9.0 off the coast of Honshu creating waves exceeding one-hundred feet in height. The waves swept inland, taking the lives of more than 15,000 people and injuring thousands more. The survivors were left with...
05 October 2015 Philippine, U.S. Marines execute demolition training during PHIBLEX 15 “Three, two, one,” said U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Corey Jeffers, counting down the seconds before detonating composition C4 plastic explosives, sending shards of metal in all directions. Once the debris clears, helmeted heads peek over a berm to view the damage caused by the explosion. For many in the...