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31st MEU | BLT 2/4 completes ARQ

31st Marine Expeditionary Unit

Feb. 2, 2025 | 1:34

U.S. Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, complete annual rifle qualification during unit level training on Camp Hansen, Feb. 2, 2025. The ARQ is a three-day combat-centric course of fire that tests Marines’ marksmanship skills in a dynamic shooting environment. The America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), comprising amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22), and amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), are underway conducting routine integrated operations in U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Alora Finigan)