7/13/2012 By Cpl. Jonathan Wright
31st MEU
Marines
with Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines,
31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, launch a volley of mortars for
suppression during a live-fire exercise here, July 13. Following the
conclusion of Exercise Hamel 2012, the Marines of Co. G. engaged in
movement to contact drills, using what they learned from living in a
woodland environment for the past three weeks. Exercise Hamel 2012 is a
multi-national training evolution between the U.S. Marine Corps,
Australian Army and New Zealand Army, aimed at certifying the Australian
1st Brigade for operational deployment. The 31st MEU is the only
continuously forward-deployed MEU and is the nation's force in readiness
in the Asia-Pacific region.
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