Videos

U.S. Marines and Sailors attached to the Logistics Combat Element provide logistical capabilities in support of exercise Northern Viper on Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan. Personnel assigned to the LCE for exercise Northern Viper train in austere environments to prepare units for all weather conditions. Northern Viper is a regularly scheduled training exercise that is designed to enhance the interoperability of the U.S. and Japan Alliance by allowing Marine Air-Ground Task Forces from III Marine Expeditionary Force to maintain their lethality and proficiency in MAGTF Combined Arms Operations in cold weather environments. (U.S. Marines Corps video by Lance Cpl. Terry Wong)

U.S. Marines and Navy Sailors participate in exercise Northern Viper on Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan. Personnel currently assigned to the Logistics Combat Element for exercise Northern Viper train in austere environments to prepare units for all weather conditions. Northern Viper is a regularly scheduled training exercise that is designed to enhance the interoperability of the U.S. and Japan Alliance by allowing Marine Air-Ground Task Forces from III Marine Expeditionary Force to maintain their lethality and proficiency in MAGTF Combined Arms Operations in cold weather environments. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Terry Wong)

U.S. Marines from 3rd Marine Division and across III Marine Expeditionary Force, conduct exercise Northern Viper 2020, with members of 5th Brigade, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, at Hokudaien and Yausubetsu Training Areas, Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 26 to Feb. 8, 2020. Northern Viper is a regularly scheduled training exercise that is designed to enhance the interoperability of the U.S. and Japan Alliance by allowing the Marine Air-Ground Task Forces from III Marine Expeditionary Force to maintain their lethality and proficiency in combined arms operations in cold weather environments. (U.S. Marine Corps video edited by Cpl. Josue Marquez)

U.S. Marines and Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force participate in exercise Northern Viper in Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 30, 2020. Northern Viper is a regularly scheduled training exercise that is designed to enhance the interoperability of the U.S. and Japan Alliance by allowing Marine Air-Ground Task Forces from III Marine Expeditionary Force to maintain their lethality and proficiency in MAGTF Combined Arms Operations in cold weather environments. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Brandon Salas)

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Chris Mallon, describes the cold weather training his platoon from 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion and members of 3rd Marine Division are going through while at exercise Northern Viper 2020. Northern Viper is a regularly scheduled training exercise that is designed to enhance the collective defense capabilities of the U.S. and Japan Alliance by allowing infantry units to maintain their proficiency and lethality in infantry and combined tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps video edited by CWO3 Izzel Sanchez)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and Soldiers from 5th Brigade, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, participate in exercise Northern Viper on Yausubetsu Training Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Jan. 26, 2020. Northern Viper is a regularly scheduled training exercise that is designed to enhance the interoperability of the U.S. and Japan Alliance by allowing Marine Air-Ground Task Forces from III MEF to maintain their lethality and proficiency in MAGTF Combined Arms Operations in cold weather environments. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Brandon Salas)

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 7, and U.S. Airmen with 3rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, participated in exercise Northern Edge (NE) May 13-24, 2019 at Fort Greely, Alaska. Approximately 10,000 U.S. military personnel participated in exercise NE 2019, a joint training exercise hosted by U.S. Pacific Air Forces that prepares joint forces to respond to crises in the Indo-Pacific region. Exercise Northern Edge 2019 provides the two MEFs assigned to the Indo-Pacific region an opportunity to exercise joint operations and engagement in the region.(U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Branden J. Bourque)

U.S. Marines, Airmen, and Soldiers with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force 7, participate in exercise Northern Edge (NE) May 15, 2019 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. Approximately 10,000 U.S. military personnel will participate in exercise NE 2019, a joint training exercise hosted by U.S. Pacific Air Forces that prepares joint forces to respond to crises in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Branden J. Bourque)

A Tinian resident and Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, speak of their experiences before, during and after Typhoon Yutu during the U.S. Defense support of civil authorities relief efforts on Tinian, commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov.15, 2018. Businesses, government buildings, homes and schools were heavily damaged by Super Typhoon Yutu, which made a direct hit with devastating effect on Tinian Oct. 25 as the second strongest storm to ever hit U.S. soil. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Combat Logistics Battalion 31 arrived on Tinian Oct. 29-31 in the wake of Super Typhoon Yutu as part of Task Force-West. TF-W is providing Department of U.S. Defense support to the CNMI's civil and local officials as part of the FEMA-supported Super Typhoon recovery effort. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations across the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Angelo Garavito/Released)