A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1/5 (BLT 1/5), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), posts security during an Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) training exercise at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March 23, 2022. BLT 1/5 experimented with radio frequency equipment and tactics to further develop EABO concepts. Exercise Noble Arashi is part of the 31st MEU’s Noble Series of exercises which are used to validate or invalidate the Family of Naval Concepts, develop techniques and procedures for the employment of MEU assets in support of sea denial and fleet man


A Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1/5 (BLT 1/5), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), posts security during an Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) training exercise at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March 23, 2022. BLT 1/5 experimented with radio frequency equipment and tactics to further develop EABO concepts. Exercise Noble Arashi is part of the 31st MEU’s Noble Series of exercises which are used to validate or invalidate the Family of Naval Concepts, develop techniques and procedures for the employment of MEU assets in support of sea denial and fleet maneuver, and inform future and force design and experimentation efforts. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the America Expeditionary Strike Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners, and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.


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