Tactical Decision Kit System

12/22/2017
12/22/2017: U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), use the Tactical Decision Kit (TDK) System at Camp Lejeune, N.C. The TDK allows Marines to use live Indirect Fire (IDF) assets and real-life Close Air Support (CAS) while maneuvering computer generated troops,…

31st MEU Conducts Noncombatant Evacuation Operations

06/19/2015
06/19/2015: U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), take off carrying noncombatant role-players during a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation as part of Certification Exercise (CERTEX), on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, March 22, 2014. CERTEX is the culminating event of the MEU's…

Marines Work With Malaysian Armed Forces

05/24/2015
05/24/2015: U.S. Marines run to an MV-22B Osprey for extraction Feb. 27 during a theater security cooperation event. During the event, the Marines executed a vertical assault where they engaged targets with M16 service rifles, M240B medium machine guns and Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapons with support from 60 mm mortars.…

31st MEU Night Airborne Raid Exercise

04/26/2014
04/26/2014: A night airborne raid was conducted by the Weapons and Golf Companies of Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, on a notional enemy-held town at a training range aboard Camp Hansen, Okinawa.  The raid was in support of the 31st MEU's "MEUEX," a week-long…

31st MEU Marines Learn Jungle Survival in the Philippines

12/12/2012
12/12/2012: Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, learn jungle survival techniques from Philippine Marines during a training evolution of Amphibious Landing Exercise 2013.  Credit:31st Marine Expeditionary Unit:10/12/12