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Video by Lance Cpl. Gerardo Mendez
31st MEU | Mission Essential Training B-Roll
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
May 6, 2025 | 2:04
U.S. Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct mission essential training as part of MEU Exercise, at Ie Shima, Japan, May 5-7, 2025. The training included setting up a Forward Arming Refueling Point, Light Marine Air-Defense Integrated System, Low-Altitude Air Defense and establishing a Sensor Expeditionary Advanced 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 premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Gerardo Mendez)
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