04/02/2014: This slideshow focuses on the Marines standing up a field-based command and control center for satellite and radio communication as part of their pre-deployment exercise.
The 31st MEU is the Marine Corps’ force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region and is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU.
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Credit:31st Marine Expeditionary Unit:1/15/14
- In the first photo, Lance Cpl. Ryan J. Sparrow, radio operator for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Spearfish, S.D., helps erect a tent during a communication exercise Jan. 15.
- In the second photo, Lance Cpl. Justin Deleon, a radio operator for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and native of Philadelphia, Penn., works on a radio component in a Humvee during the communication exercise.
- In the third photo, Lance Cpl. Anthony J. Dileo, a basic electrical engineering systems technician for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a native of Long Island, N.Y., cuts generator wires during the communication exercise.
- In the final photo, Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s command element gather around a computer to test a data system during the communication exercise.