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U.S. Marines with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and soldiers with the Singapore Army pose for a group photo during the MARFORPAC - Singapore Army Staff Talks at the Ministry of Defense, Singapore, Oct. 8, 2024. The four-day talks established a forum to improve coordination of bilateral exercises and operations while discussing areas of interest throughout the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roger-Junior Annoh)
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Dayton Myers, a radio operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and native of Charleston, West Virginia, helps unload boxes of books for the Pohnpei Public Library during exercise Koa Moana 24 at Kolonia, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, July 30, 2024. During Koa Moana’s deployment throughout the Indo-Pacific region, U.S. Marines and Sailors from I Marine Expeditionary Force work to strengthen alliances and partnerships with development of interoperable capabilities, combined operations, theater security cooperation, and capacity-building efforts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hollerud)
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Koa Moana 24: Pohnpei State Firing Range

240725-M-JC323-1403 (July 25, 2024) U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. David Moreno, a network administrator with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and a native of West Chicago, Illinois, participates in a live fire range during a combat marksmanship program range as part of exercise Koa Moana 24 at Palikir, Pohnpei, the Federated States of Micronesia, July 25, 2024. During Koa Moana’s deployment throughout the Indo-Pacific region, U.S. Marines and Sailors from I Marine Expeditionary Force work to strengthen alliances and partnerships with development of interoperable capabilities, combined operations, theater security cooperation, and capacity-building efforts. 1st MLG sustains warfighting readiness throughout fulfilling global force management requirements, providing capabilities aligned with I Marine Expeditionary Force, and operational needs through manning, training, and equipping of combat-credible forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hollerud)
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Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency recovery team members and local Solomon Islanders work together to screen dirt from an excavation site during a recovery mission in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, July 23, 2024. This mission was the first time the screening station and excavation site were geographically separated, requiring trucks to transport the dirt. There are approximately 72,000 U.S. personnel unaccounted for from World War II. Of those, 374 are unaccounted for within the island of Guadalcanal. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ariel Owings)
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Marine Corps Aircraft Lands on Peleliu Newly Recertified Airstrip

(June 22, 2024) A U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft with 1st Marine Air Wing, lands on a newly designated airstrip on the island of Peleliu, Republic of Palau, June 22, 2024. For the first time since its recertification in June, a military fixed wing aircraft has touched down on the historic Peleliu airstrip, marking a significant and triumphant return to this iconic World War II site. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hollerud)
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American Chamber of Commerce, US service members come together to further future opportunities

Justin Wentworth IV, left, the president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Okinawa, presents a certificate of appreciation to U.S. Army Col. Ned Holt, right, the commanding officer of the 10th Support Group, during an American Chamber of Commerce in Okinawa meeting at Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan, March 3, 2023. The conference was organized to help promote business between the U.S. military and Japanese entrepreneurs with ACCO. ACCO was established in 1953 to unite business growth and American success among affiliates. Fields commonly joined with ACCO are manufacturing, retail, construction, wholesale, and financial services.
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Reserve Sailors 'Single-Greatest Boon' to Navy's First Unmanned Patrol Squadron

A MQ-4C on the runway at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, July 13, 2022. The MQ-4C is on a deployment to MCAS Iwakuni in support of continuing operations in the Indo-Pacific area of operations. The "Big Red" of VUP-19 are deployed in support of Commander Task Force 72 and are home-ported in Jacksonville, Florida. Throughout their deployment, they will be conducting maritime patrol and reconnaissance and theater outreach operations within the 7th Fleet area of operations.
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1/12 conducts Twenty-First Century Foraging

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division and Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 load artillery ammunition onto a UH-1Y Venom during Spartan Fury 22.1 at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, March 9, 2022. Spartan Fury is a Battalion level training exercise designed to refine long-range communications through naval asset integration, mission processing from battalion to firing sections, and 21st Century Foraging.
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7th Fleet Staff Join 12th Marine Regiment for Live Fire Exercise

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment demonstrate to members of 7th Fleet staff staff the readiness of an M142 high mobility artillery rocket system launcher during Artillery Relocation Training Program 20.3 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji. 7th Fleet serves with III MEF to continually execute missions that enable maritime superiority through effective command and control, prosecution of naval fires, and operational maneuvers.
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Expeditionary advanced basing capabilities on display during Exercise Noble Fury

U.S. Marines with 12th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division, conduct a simulated High Mobility Artillery Rocket System fire mission while demonstrating expeditionary advanced basing capabilities Oct. 7 to 8, 2020, as part of Exercise Noble Fury, from Okinawa to Ie Shima and across surrounding waters. The Marines rapidly inserted via an air assault, defeated simulated adversary forces, secured the airfield, and established defensive positions around the island to enable follow-on operations in support of the navy including a HIMARS Rapid Infiltration mission under the cover of darkness. This exercise showcased survivability and lethality of the Navy and Marine Corps while operating in a distributed maritime environment.
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Semper Supra

1st Lt. Rio Sarmiento, assigned to the 16th Space Control Squadron (SPCS), was administered the oath of office into the United States Space Force by U.S. Marine Col. Michael Nakonieczny, commanding officer of the 31st MEU, aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). Sarmiento was transferred from being an Air Force Space Operations Officer to becoming the first Space Force Liaison Officer (LNO) deployed with the 31st MEU. America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team, is operating in the U.S. 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
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PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 22, 2020) Cpl. Clayton A. Phillips, a network administrator with Marine Air Control Group 18 Detachment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and a native of Beech Bluff, Tennessee, tests the connectivity of the Networking On-the-Move Airborne (NOTM-A) communications system during flight operations from the amphibious assault ship, USS America (LHA 6). The NOTM-A provides the mission commander the ability to command and control forces on the ground while flying above the battlefield. America, flagship of Expeditionary Strike Group 7, along with the 31st MEU, is operating in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brienna Tuck)
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31st MEU, America ARG conduct VBSS rehearsal in South China Sea

U.S. reconnaissance Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) exfiltrate towards a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st MEU, during a simulated visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) mission aboard dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). VBSS is a part of Maritime Interception Operations that aim to delay, disrupt, or destroy enemy forces or supplies in the maritime domain. Germantown, part of the America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), 31st MEU team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. The America ARG, 31st MEU team remains the premier crisis response force in the region despite the unique challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Fight and Deliver: 31st MEU, America ARG Build an Integrated Blue-Green Team

U.S. reconnaissance Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) exfiltrate towards a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st MEU, during a simulated visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) mission aboard dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42). VBSS is a part of Maritime Interception Operations that aim to delay, disrupt, or destroy enemy forces or supplies in the maritime domain. Germantown, part of the America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), 31st MEU team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. The America ARG, 31st MEU team remains the premier crisis response force in the region despite the unique challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Changes in Tech, Strategy Drive Missile Defense

South Korean service members fold a flag over a box containing the remains of a service member during a repatriation ceremony hosted by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 23, 2020. The purpose of the ceremony was to transfer the remains and commemorate the service of 147 fallen South Korean soldiers who fought alongside U.S. and United Nations forces during the Korean War. The efforts to return the remains are a part of the DPAA Korean War Identification Project, and includes remains unilaterally turned over by North Korea from 1990 to 1994, and in 2018. The remains were analyzed jointly by the DPAA laboratory and scientists with the Republic of Korea's Ministry of National Defense Agency for KIA Recovery and Identification (MAKRI). Working cooperatively, they concluded that the 147 individual remains are of South Korean origin, though the remains haven’t been individually identified. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rusty Frank)
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Chaplain Corps Provides Spiritual Service to 31st MEU, USS America at Sea

Lance Cpl. Kolby Leger, a communication strategy and operations Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is baptized during an Easter service aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). Leger enlisted into the Marine Corps out of RSS Baton Rouge South following his graduation from Saint Amant High School in 2018. While underway, chaplains aboard the America host services of various religions and denominations for the Marines and Sailors on board. The Navy Chaplain Corps consists of over 800 chaplains from over 100 faith groups, meeting the needs of Marines and Sailors of different beliefs. America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade Embarks for the First Time with America ESG, 31st MEU

Marines with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Japanese Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade service members hold security during a simulated bilateral small-boat raid on Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 9, 2020. Marines and the ARDB conducted a bilateral small-boat raid leading into a High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System insert and simulated shot. The America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade Embarks for the First Time with America ESG, 31st MEU

Marines with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Japanese Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade service members maneuver toward the objective during a simulated bilateral small-boat raid on Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 9, 2020. Marines and the ARDB conducted a bilateral small-boat raid leading into a High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System insert and simulated shot. The America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st MEU team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
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U.S. Marines, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force begin Exercise Forest Light Western Army

Col. Robert Brodie, left, commanding officer of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, stands with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Kouki Watanabe, commanding officer of the JGSDF 12th Infantry Regiment after the opening ceremony for Exercise Forest Light Western Army at Camp Oyanohara, Kyushu, Japan, Jan. 18, 2020. The exercise will consist of field training events including basic infantry skills, vertical assaults integrated with MV-22B Osprey flight operations, and combined–arms, and enhances the collective defense capabilities of the U.S.-Japanese alliance. 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.
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Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Conducts Force Level Summit 2020

Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, center, the 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, stands for a photo with fellow sergeants major during the Force Level Summit 2020 held in Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 15, 2020. The summit is a yearly event held to bring Force Level Sergeants Major together with the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps to discuss ideas, lessons learned and address current and future concerns of the Marine Corps in order to improve lethality and readiness.
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