31st MEU Leads Multinational Evacuation Exercise

02/23/2013
02/23/2013: Marines and Sailors of Combat Logistics Battalion 31 and Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (Reinforced), both of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, execute a non-combatant evacuation operation and a transportation of Japanese nationals overseas exercise alongside soldiers of the Japanese, Thai, Indonesian, and Malaysian militaries as part of exercise…

Exercise Cobra Gold 2013

02/21/2013
02/21/2013: Exercise Cobra Gold 2013 [slidepress gallery='exercise-cobra-gold-2013'] Credit:II Marine Expeditionary Force Combat Camera:2/17/13  In the first photo, U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jeremiah Johnson, military policeman assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit out of Okinawa, Japan, stands guard as a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter prepares for takeoff during a non-combatant…

31st MEU Completes Amphibious Assault Alongside Royal Thai Marines

02/21/2013
02/21/2013: Marines and Sailors of Company A., Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct an amphibious assault as part of exercise Cobra Gold 2013.       Credit:31st Marine Expeditionary Unit:2/14/13

31st MEU, Thai Marines conduct bilateral boat raid

02/19/2013
02/19/2013: 31st MEU, Thai Marines conduct bilateral boat raid [slidepress gallery='31st-meu-thai-marines-conduct-bilateral-boat-raid'] Credit:31st Marine Expeditionary Unit:2/15/13 In the first photo, Marines and Sailors with Company B., Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, speed ashore on combat rubber raiding crafts during a bilateral boat raid as…

31st MEU, Thai Marines Complete Helicopter Raid

02/18/2013
02/18/2013: Marines and Sailors of Company C., Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, execute a helicopter raid alongside their Thai counterparts as part of exercise Cobra Gold 2013. The U.S. and Thai Marines inserted together via CH-53E Super Stallion and CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters…

31st MEU Arrives for Cobra Gold 2013

02/15/2013
02/15/2013: Approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit offloaded from three ships of the Navy's Amphibious Squadron 11 to begin the multinational exercise Cobra Gold 2013 in the Kingdom of Thailand. The unit was brought ashore using the Navy's landing craft utility, landing craft air cushions,…