The31stMEU's video: I am the Storm

Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, conduct a beach landing as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s MEU Exercise, near Ginoza Village, Okinawa, Japan, June 28, 2018. BLT 2/5 is the Ground Combat Element for the 31st MEU. Marines with Echo Company, the mechanized assault element with BLT 2/5, partner with AAV crews to perform raids and assaults launched from the sea. MEUEX is the first in a series of three pre-deployment training events that prepare the 31st MEU to deploy at a moment’s notice. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations. (Official Marine Corps video by Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parish/Released)