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U.S. Marines assigned to Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, egress an Amphibious Combat Vehicle to secure the beach at Hwajin-ri, South Korea, Sept. 2, 2024, during a simulated amphibious assault as part of exercise Ssang Yong 24.

SY 24 | ACVs Begin Simulated Amphibious Assault for Ssang Yong 24
U.S. Marines assigned to Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, load an MV-22B Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Tsushima Strait, Sept. 18, 2024.

BLT 1/5 Conducts Mission Rehearsal aboard USS Boxer
Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, participate in a unit hike on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 20, 2024.

Combat Logistics Regiment 37 Conducts Conditioning Hike
A 179th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon takes off during Tarang Shakti-24 at Jodhpur Air Force Station, Rajasthan, India, Sept. 5, 2024.

Indo-Pacific rotational Forces strengthen operations in India
U.S. Marines assigned to Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast-rope from a U.S. Navy MH-60S Sea Hawk, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 23, during a visit, board, search, and seizure mission rehearsal aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Tsushima Strait, Sept. 18, 2024.

15th MEU Recon Company Conducts VBBS in Tsushima Strait
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joshua Flaugher, a UH-1Y Venom crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, shoots a M2 .50-caliber machine gun during defense of the amphibious task force live-fire exercise in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 18, 2024.

31st MEU conducts Defense of the Amphibious Task Force Live-Fire exercise
U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing throw smoke grenades during a demolitions range conducted as a part of Exercise Outlaw Wrath 24 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, Sept. 16, 2024.

Marines train in demolitions during Exercise Outlaw Wrath 24
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 14th Fighter Squadron flies during Range Day 2024 at Draughon Range near Misawa Air Base, Japan, Sept. 13, 2024.

35th Fighter Wing Conducts Range Day 2024
The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) passes Mount Fuji during Transport Exercise (TRANSPORTEX), Sept. 14.

USS America (LHA 6) Transits Suraga Bay
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sydney Krock, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, fires a M249 light machine gun during Exercise Outlaw Wrath 24 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, Sept. 11, 2024.

Marines conduct machine gun range at Camp Fuji in support of Exercise Outlaw Wrath 24
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USS Ashland Arrives in Okinawa to Embark 31st MEU Marines
180315-N-XK398-081.JPG Photo By: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Mortensen

OKINAWA, Japan - Sailors aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) secure the Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1633 to the well deck as the LCU offloads vehicles and equipment aboard the ship as it pulls into Okinawa, Japan to embark the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in advance of a regularly scheduled patrol in the Indo-Pacific. Ashland, assigned to the Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group, is on a scheduled deployment in the Indo-Pacific region to support training under the U.S. Pacific Fleet's Up-Gunned ESG concept and to serve as a forward multi-mission asset for any type of contingency.


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