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U.S. Marines with Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Australian Defence Force members fire M777A2 155mm Howitzers together during Talisman Saber 2021 at Camp Growl, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 17, 2021. This is the ninth iteration of Talisman Sabre, a large-scale, bilateral military exercise between Australia and the U.S. involving participants from seven nations. The month-long multi-domain exercise consists of a series of training events that reinforce the strong U.S-/Australian alliance and demonstrate the U.S. Military’s unwavering commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Joseph E. DeMarcus)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Andrew Terrel, Battalion Landing Team 1/5’s Commanding Officer, with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), explains his unique approach to unit physical fitness standards on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 22, 2022. BLT 1/5 held the Savage Games in order to build unit cohesion and push the limits of the individuals in their command. 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 premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Christopher W. England)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Andrew Terrell, commanding officer of Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and Brig. Gen. Kyle Ellison, III Marine Expeditionary Force’s deputy commanding general, speak on the importance of maintaining a combat athlete mindset during the Savage Games on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 22, 2022. BLT 1/5 held the Savage Games in order to build unit cohesion and push the limits of the individuals in their command. 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 premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Christopher W. England)

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), train alongside Force Reconnaissance Platoon (FRP), Maritime Raid Force (MRF), 31st MEU, as a part of Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) operations during MEU exercise (MEUEX) aboard the USAV Calaboza in Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 7, 2021. The Marine Corps ability to conduct VBSS operations is integral to our ability to operate in the Indonesian Pacific theatre. MEUEX is a pre-deployment training exercise that validates and reinforces the MEU’s mission capabilities across all of the Marine subordinate elements. 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. Christopher W. England)