Videos

U.S. Marines with Food Service Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, participate in Exercise Fueled to Fight at Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 3, 2023. The CLR-17 field mess Marines were competing in the Major General William Pendleton Thompson Hill Memorial Awards for Food Service Excellence. They competed against the II Marine Expeditionary Force and the III Marine Expeditionary Force nominees for the title of Best Field Mess in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Natalie Greenwood)

U.S. Marine Corps bulk fueling specialists with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 30, 2021. A FARP is used to extend the capabilities of rotary or fixed wing aircrafts to allow rearming and refueling without having to fall back to a forward operating base. 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 video by Lance Cpl. Grace Gerlach)

U.S. Marines with 7th Engineering Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, provide fuel additives at a forward arming refueling point at Camp Pendleton, California on August 4, 2021. Including additives makes fuel from anywhere accessible for aircraft and ground vehicles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachaelanne Woodward)

U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jacob Almaguer, executive officer of Bulk Fuel Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3d Marine Logistics Group (MLG), and Sgt. Calvin Gravette, a bulk fuel specialist, with Bulk Fuel Co., 9th Engineer Support Bn., 3d MLG, participate in an interview covering Expeditionary Mobile Fuel Additization Capability (EMFAC) training, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 12, 2021. Bulk fuel Marines implement the new EMFAC system into advanced training to better enable forward maneuver elements, proficiency and speed into future operations in the Indo-Pacific area of operations. 3d 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 with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force received awards for outstanding performance of their duties during an award ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 20, 2020. These awards are presented annually to Marines who surpass the requirements of their military occupational specialty and exceed the expectations set by their command. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. William Redding)

U.S. Marines purify ocean water for Bulk Fuel Company to use as simulated fuel at Kin Blue Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, July 24, 2019. Engineer Support Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, purified approximately 120,000 gallons of water for Bulk Fuel Co. to use as simulated fuel to pump and practice their job specific skills. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jamin M. Powell)

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)

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)

Marines with 2nd Platoon, Bulk Fuel Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group conduct bulk fuel maintenance operations Jan. 28-31, 2019 at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. Bulk Fuel Co. laid more than of six miles of fuel lines, then patrolled the area to ensure the lines’ integrity. The Marines trained to become more efficient at identifying and executing maintenance procedures on fuel lines and pumps during expeditionary operations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Mark Fike)