III MEF RECON and Army Special Forces Train Together
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Andrew Yan, a radio operator with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, loads magazines before a range shoot on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 14, 2022. Soldiers with 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) held a range with III MEF’s Reconnaissance Marines to assess different weapons handling techniques and movement of fire skills. High quality, realistic training is essential to maintaining and demonstrating the United States'
Bilateral VBSS Iron Fist 23
A U.S. Marine with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit patrols a walkway during a visit, board, search, and seizure exercise aboard the tank landing ship JS Osumi (LST-4001) during Iron Fist 23 in the Pacific Ocean, Mar. 4, 2023. Iron Fist 23 provided an opportunity for the USS America Amphibious Ready Group and the JMSDF to work together in coordinating combined counter-piracy operations at sea. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Maritime Raid Force conducts Visit, Board, Search and Seizure training aboard USAV Calaboza
U.S. Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, search U.S. Army landing craft, USAV Calaboza (LCU 2009) during a visit, board, search, and seizure training at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 6, 2023. VBSS is part of maritime interception operations that aim to delay, disrupt, or destroy enemy forces or supplies in the maritime domain. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force, ready
VBSS Aboard the Miguel Keith
U.S. Marines with Amphibious Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, use a pulley and rope system in order to transfer equipment up the superstructure aboard the USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5), off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, June 15, 2022. Using rope and pulley systems is one of the many ways Marines have learned to overcome the challenges of operating aboard naval vessels. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force
VBSS Aboard the Miguel Keith
U.S. Marines with Amphibious Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, climb from a rigid hull inflatable boat during a visit, board, search, and seizure operation off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, June 15, 2022. Inserting from both air and sea allows the Marine Amphibious Raid Force and Battalion Landing Team 2/5 security team to quickly seize the key areas of the ship. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ...
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Maritime Raid Force conducts Visit, Board, Search and Seizure training aboard USAV Calaboza
U.S. Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, breach a simulated steel bulkhead U.S. Army landing craft, USAV Calaboza (LCU 2009) during a visit, board, search, and seizure training at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 6, 2023. VBSS is part of maritime interception operations that aim to delay, disrupt, or destroy enemy forces or supplies in the maritime domain. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a ...
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31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Maritime Raid Force conducts Visit, Board, Search and Seizure training aboard USAV Calaboza
U.S. Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to board U.S. Army landing craft, USAV Calaboza (LCU 2009) during a visit, board, search, and seizure training at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 6, 2023. VBSS is part of maritime interception operations that aim to delay, disrupt, or destroy enemy forces or supplies in the maritime domain. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal ...