 Members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Maritime Raid Force conduct a long-range raid as part of their certification exercise. Three squads of infantry Marines from Italian landing team 1st Battalion 4th Marines provide outer security while the force reconnaissance platoon assaults a building in search of a mock high-value target. The mission owns critical capabilities in the execution of a highly specialized mission. We exercise long-range communications, also long-range movements, breaching and clearing the building. The raid force is extracted via CH-53 Super Stallion helicopters from the USS Essex, currently positioned more than 1,100 miles away from the raid target. Marine Sergeant Paul Robbins Jr., Camp Fuji, Japan.