BLT 3/5 Mortar Range

Credit: Lance Cpl. Grace Gerlach | Date Taken: 09/15/2021
U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fire a MM224 60m Lightweight Mortar system on Camp Fuji, Japan, Sept. 15, 2021. Kilo Company conducted the training in order to maintain equipment proficiency and refine unit standard operating procedures. 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 as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Grace Gerlach)