Battalion Landing Team 2/1 Relief in Place for Battalion Landing Team 1/4 Ground Combat Element 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations at the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

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What I hope the battalion and the BLT gains from this deployment? Number one is experience. You know so many years we were in Iraq and Afghanistan and what I really hope is especially those younger marines, this is a chance for them to really give back to what the Marine Corps does, that amphibious nature. You know, pass that on to the next generation of young officers and young marines. 2/1, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, our moniker is The Professionals and that has kinda been what we have reinforced over and over, while I’ve been in command the last two years, is to own that nickname. Right? To be a professional and again whether, you know, that’s on liberty, out in town. Whether that’s putting rounds downrange on the enemy, handing out water, you name it. It’s to be a professional, first and foremost. We’re not looking to try to pick a fight, but if you’re gonna pick one, you know, we’re gonna be the ones that respond to it and we’re gonna come out on top.