A Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit loads a rifle magazine before platoon attack training at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 28, 2019. During the training, Marines with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines refined their ability “To locate, close with and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, or repel the enemy’s assault by fire and close combat,” the mission of the Marine Corps rifle squad. Charlie Company Marines are the airborne raid specialists with BLT 1/4, the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The 31st MEU, the Ma


A Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit loads a rifle magazine before platoon attack training at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 28, 2019. During the training, Marines with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines refined their ability “To locate, close with and destroy the enemy by fire and maneuver, or repel the enemy’s assault by fire and close combat,” the mission of the Marine Corps rifle squad. Charlie Company Marines are the airborne raid specialists with BLT 1/4, the Ground Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. 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.


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