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Marines of Battery L, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, carry food to a distribution site in support of the humanitarian assistance exercise in Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 11. The 31st MEU is currently conducting their certification exercise, which is conducted with the Amphibious Squadron 11, and qualifies the MEU/ARG team for a wide range of actual contingency missions in the Asia-Pacific region. The 31st MEU is the United States’ expeditionary force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region, and is currently deployed with Amphibious Squadron 11.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by 2nd Lt. Dave Baugh)

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Maxwell McGill, a 25-year-old corpsman with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment battalion aid station, and native of Englewood, Fla., checks the compass reading of Afghan National Army Pvt. Faraidoon, a medic assigned to 2nd Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, while testing his navigation skills during the final examination of an eight-week ANA medic course at Forward Operating Base Delhi, Afghanistan, March 9. Among the variety of medic courses conducted in Helmand province in the past, this course led by corpsmen with ‘America’s Battalion’ was the first for ANA soldiers in Garmsir district.The curriculum for the course was designed to be “hands-on” in response to low literacy and proficiency rates among ANA medics, said Navy Lt. Sean Stuart, the 3/3 battalion surgeon, and a native of Atlanta.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder)

A Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle provides security during a combat logistics patrol through Helmand province, Afghanistan, March 5. The patrol supported counter insurgency operations in the area.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mark Stroud)

Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Micheal P. Barrett grimaces at the initial wave of heat from the Active Denial System during a demonstration at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., March 9. The ADS is a non-lethal weapon that projects a long range, man-sized beam of millimeter waves that produce a reversible heating sensation to the skin, much like opening a hot oven. It is one of many non-lethal weapons the Marine Corps is looking to deploy into combat zones to minimize casualties and collateral damage. It can be used for perimeter defense, crowd control and area denial against any human threat.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Daniel Wetzel)

An AV-8B Harrier with Marine Attack Squadron 311, part of the Air Combat Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, lands on the USS Essex (LHD 2), March 6. The pilots of VMA 311 were conducting night carrier landing qualifications in preparation for the 31st MEU's Certification Exercise. The 31st MEU is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU and remains the nation's force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Garry J. Welch)