The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s unique capabilities could play a crucial role in the conflict with Iran. But will it ...

Big deck amphibious warship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) and its embarked Marines are heading to the Middle East as the U.S.-Israeli ...

The following story has been corrected to remove USS San Diego from the group of ships that transited the Strait of Malacca.

The US has ordered that a “911 force” of 2,500 marines be redeployed from Japan to the Middle East, signalling the ...

Sending a Marine expeditionary unit from Okinawa to stand by in the Middle East leaves a gap in U.S. power in the ...

The deployment of about 2,500 Marines to the Middle East represents a new phase in the two-week-old war in Iran, as Iranian ...

Iran has increased attacks on commercial shipping near the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway connecting the Persian Gulf ...

At least 2,000 U.S. Marines constituting the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), headquartered in Okinawa, have been ...

The US is sending about 2,200 Marines to the Middle East. Scroll down to read what is MEU ...

As the Iran war continues, the Pentagon has tapped the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, aboard the amphibious assault ship USS ...

The move comes after the Pentagon last week ordered the USS Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group and 31st MEU to transit to the ...

A Marine expeditionary unit with 2,200 Marines aboard three U.S. Navy amphibious ships is being ordered to the Middle East, ...