CAMP SMEDLEY BUTLER, Okinawa, Japan --Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Regiment ( CLR) 3, 3d Marine Logistics Group experimented with future warfighting and force-design concepts while conducting distributed operations across Okinawa during exercise Valiant Workhorse II, September 20-24,...

OKINAWA, Japan -- The 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade (3D MEB) completed a short-notice, rapid response Alert Contingency Marine Air Ground Task Force (ACM) rehearsal here Sept. 22, 2021.The drill was designed to maintain the combat readiness of the brigade in order to rapidly deploy a Forward...

CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan -- A group of Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3d Marine Logistics Group, listen intently to their instructors as they begin a Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) course, on Sept. 8, 2021,.TCCC is the first step in a trauma life support situation to reduce...

U.S. Embassy in Consulates in Indonesia -- At the Virtual Global COVID-19 Summit on Sept. 22, President Biden announced that the U.S. is donating an additional half a billion Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to low and lower-middle income countries around the globe, with shipments starting in...

CAMP COURTNEY, OKINAWA, Japan -- The second annual Big Ideas Challenge concluded with an awards ceremony held virtually between Okinawa, mainland Japan, and Hawaii on September 15th, 2021. Lt. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy, III, the III Marine Expeditionary Force Commanding General, awarded Maj. Jenkyn...

FORT GREELY, Alaska – In a partnership between U.S. Army Garrison Alaska and the Federal Aviation Administration, the FAA held an Instrument Landing System certification training course from July 14 to Aug. 24, 2021, at a maintenance hangar on Fort Greely’s Allen Army Airfield.Weather can complicate...

U.S. Embassy in Timor Leste -- My respects to:Major General Falur Rate Laek, Vice Chief of Defense Force;Ambassador Peter Roberts of Australia;Ambassador Kinefuchi Masami of Japan;Ambassador Philip Hewitt of New Zealand;Honored guests;And participants of Hari’i Hamutuk 2021Good morning!On behalf of...

FORT IRWIN, California -- A seasoned U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EDO) technician earned the Master EOD Badge on Fort Irwin, California, Sept. 14.Staff Sgt. Gabriel M. Leon from the 759th Ordnance Company (EOD) earned the badge after eight years of service as an EOD technician.“The other...

HONOLULU, Hawaii -- The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) held its first-ever joint repatriation and wreath laying ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 22, 2021.The strong and long-lasting partnership and shared noble effort between DPAA and the Ministry of National...

YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, in conjunction with the Navy Gold Star Program and Navy installations around the world, hosted the sixth annual “Bells Across America for Fallen Service Members” Sept. 23. The event is aligned with Gold Star Mother’s and Family Day, which is...