Marines and Sailors with
Company A, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th
Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a
benign landing under the cover of darkness to
eliminate mock
insurgents
during the final event of the unit's certification
exercise on March 17, 2012.
Marine role players serve
as enemy combatants while Japanese civilians portray
local police, citizens and media.
Includes interview with
Lance Cpl. Ryan Saunders, team leader for Company A,
Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines,
31st Expeditionary Unit from Norman, Okla. and Lance
Cpl. Robert Auerback, assaultman from Mount Horeb,
Wis.