Jul 20,2013
Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland,
Australia - Following the assault of the 31st Marine Expeditionary
Unit's Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Marines of
Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st MEU move ashore to support future
training operations here, July 20. The Marines and Sailors of the 31st
MEU and Amphibious Squadron 11 are part of an integrated force of
approximately 18,000 U.S. service members training alongside
approximately 9,000 Australian service members in the fifth iteration of
Talisman Saber 2013, a month-long biennial exercise designed to enhance
multilateral collaboration in support of future combined operations,
natural disaster, humanitarian and emergency response. The 31st MEU is
the Marine Corps’ force in readiness for the Asia Pacific region and the
only continuously forward-deployed MEU.
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