Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, sit on a Light Armored Vehicle atop the flight deck aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) during a defense of the amphibious task force drill, underway in the South China Sea, Sept. 27, 2018. During the training, Marines with BLT 2/5 and crewmen with the Wasp rehearsed ship security using a variety of mounted and dismounted small-arms and heavy weapons. As part of the DATF-D, the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group and 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit team assumed a security posture to simulate travelling through potentially dangerous waters. Wasp, flagship of the Wasp ARG, with embarked 31st MEU, is operating in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force for any type of contingency. BLT 2/5 is the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, currently underway aboard the Wasp during a regularly-scheduled patrol of the Indo-Pacific region. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations across the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kealii De Los Santos/Released)

Inserting via CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 (Reinforced), the Mairnes of Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a raid on a notional town. The Marines skillfully and quickly swept through the town, clearing improvised explosive devices and capturing a high-value individual. Soundbite includes LCpl. Richard Good - Rifleman with 2nd Plt., Co. G. (Hometown: Houston, TX.) Produced by Cpl. Jonathan G. Wright, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. Also available in High Definition. Suggested Lead: Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Raided an enemy held town during a helicopter radi, Aug. 9. Cpl. Jonathan Wright tells us how Company G. recaptured the city and eliminated the enemy. Suggested Tag: The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward deployed MEU and is the Marine Corps' force in readiness in the Asia Pacific region.

After days of laying defenses and keeping a vigilant eye, Marines of Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, saw the outline of Australian Army 1st Brigade vehicles on the horizon. Fortified in the Raspberry Creek town here, the Marines endured through simulated heavy explosive strikes, tank rounds and .50 machine guns and repelled the enemy for 16 hours outside, and eventually inside, the buildings. At the end of the day the numerically-superior force took the town, but not without sustaining heavy losses and meeting tenacious resistance by the platoon reinforced of Marines. Available in High Definition.

For the first time in Pacific Command history, the Raven unmanned aerial vehicle system was launched in the Asia-Pacific region in support of Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, during Exercise Hamel 2012. Due to foreign frequency usages, clearance to utilize the Raven in PACOM has been difficult, but after much laborious planning and coordination, the Raven makes its maiden flight here in Australia. Available in High Definition.

For the first time in Pacific Command history, the Raven unmanned aerial vehicle system was launched in the Asia-Pacific region in support of Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, during Exercise Hamel 2012. Due to foreign frequency usages, clearance to utilize the Raven in PACOM has been difficult, but after much laborious planning and coordination, the Raven makes its maiden flight here in Australia. Available in High Definition.

Package of U.S. Marines serving in Company G, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines.