POHANG, South Korea — U.S. Marines and Sailors from 1st Marine Division, based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, deployed to the Republic of Korea on March 2 to participate in Exercise Freedom Shield 25...

DARWIN, NT, Australia — U.S. Marines and Sailors have arrived in the Northern Territory to kick off the 14th annual rotation of the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin Marine Air-Ground Task Force...

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines — A West Coast-based U.S. Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Unit and members of Philippines Naval Special Operation Units (NAVSOU) conducted a joint combined exchange training (JCET) exercise from Feb. 10 – March 7, 2025...

OSAN AIR BASE, GYEONGGIDO [KYONGGI-DO], South Korea — U.S. Air Force and Republic of Korea Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs joined a U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II for integration training during Freedom Shield 25, Mar. 13, 2025...

TOKYO, Japan — Airmen assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron supported the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 1st Airborne Brigade by delivering 215 Japanese paratroopers over the East Fuji Maneuver Area in Gotemba City, Japan, March 4, as part of Airborne 25...

GYEONGSANGNAM-DO, South Korea — Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Wally Schirra (T-AKE 8) completed a seven-month regular overhaul (ROH) at Hanwha Ocean, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea, March 12, 2025...

OSAN AIR BASE, GYEONGGIDO [KYONGGI-DO], South Korea — Seventh Air Force has begun U.S. air component training during Freedom Shield 25, a large-scale exercise between the Republic of Korea (ROK) and United States, taking place across the Korean peninsula March 10-21...

OSAN, GYEONGGIDO [KYONGGI-DO], South Korea — U.S. Space Forces-Korea is participating in Exercise Freedom Shield 25 and simultaneously executing Polaris Hammer 2025, from Mar. 10-21. As part of the exercise Space Force will demonstrate several key priorities including validating space component...

PHILIPPINE SEA - As midnight approaches through the warship’s red-lit passageways and inside every busy berthing, the familiar anthem “We Ready” by Archie Evermore blares over the ship’s public address system or 1 Main Circuit (1MC). Capt. Tim Carter, commanding officer of the amphibious transport...

SASEBO, Japan - The America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) completed their first patrol of 2025, March 6...