Videos

U.S. Marines and soldiers participate in the Munitions Optimization Workshop, demolition training on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 19, 2021. U.S. Marines train with specialists from U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM AC) and Expeditionary Systems Engineering Division (ESED), a Naval Surface Warfare Detachment from Fallbrook, CA, with Soldiers and Airmen to enhance ideas and tactics and improve inter-service relations. 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexandria Nowell)

U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 2d Marines engage in realistic combat training supported by the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Fuji Training Center during exercise Shinka at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, June 14 - July 1, 2021. Shinka, and exercises like it, exemplify a shared commitment to innovative training that produces lethal, ready, and adaptable forces capable of decentralized operations across a wide range of missions. 2/2 is forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Joshua Brittenham)

U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 2d Marines and 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, participate in Jungle Warfare Exercise in the Northern Training Area on Okinawa, Japan, May 23-28, 2021. This unscripted force-on-force exercise tested and strengthened the Marines’ ability to operate within distributed jungle and littoral environments, while adapting to a thinking peer-level adversary. 3/3 and 2/2 are forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division, as a part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Joshua Brittenham)

U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 2d Marines, participate in anti-tank missile gunner training on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, April 23, 2021. Over the course of two weeks, Marine riflemen were trained on the M98A2 Javelin System and anti-tank missile gunner basic skills, enhancing their overall combat effectiveness. 2/2 is forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division, as a part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Joshua Brittenham)

U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jacob Almaguer, Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) officer in charge, and Sgt. Andrew Lohse, noncommissioned officer in charge, both with Bulk Fuel Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB), 3rd Marine Logistics Group (MLG), speak about FARP operations on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, during Exercise Valiant Workhorse from Sept. 23-24, 2020. During the exercise, Bulk Fuel Company set fuel lines and manned the stations for a FARP in support of UH-1Y Venom, AH-1Z Viper, and MV-22B Osprey aircraft with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, as well as U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawks. Almaguer, a native of Dorr, Michigan, graduated from Hopkins High School in 2008 and enlisted out of Recruiting Station Grand Rapids in 2007. Lohse, a native of Clinton, Iowa, graduated from Clinton High School in 2013 and enlisted out of Recruiting Station Quad Cities in 2013.3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force’s comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Alpha Hernandez)

U.S. Marines assigned to Task Force Ellis, I Marine Expeditionary Force, conduct a live fire training exercise at Naval Base, Guam on August 12, 2020. Task Force Ellis, comprised of U.S. Marines and Sailors from I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), deployed aboard the USS Comstock (LSD 45) to the Indo-Pacific to conduct theater security cooperation activities from July to November 2020. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Manuel A. Serrano)

U.S. Marines with Fire Support Battery (FSB) 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division conduct a combat marksmanship program (CMP) range on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 7, 2020. The Marines conducted the CMP range to ensure unit standardization and combat readiness in preparation for operational deployments. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jacob Yost and Lance Cpl. Frank Webb)

SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 7, 2020) Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conduct various exercises from ships of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) Expeditionary Strike Group in the Indo-Pacific region, spring 2020. 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 premiere crisis response for in the Indo-Pacific region. (Official Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Colton K Garrett and Lance Cpl. Joshua Brittenham)

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171 establish a forward arming and refueling point in support of U.S. Army pilots-in-training during exercise Orient Shield in Kumomoto, Japan, Sep. 16,2019. Orient Shield is an annual joint force training exercise involving the U.S. Army and MWSS 171 where they perform re-fueling and landing aircraft training. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Kevin Alarcon)